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Four countries loop 2023
The final curtain
Tour of London
Day 26: Lewes to Hampton Court
Day 26: Neufchatel-en-Bray to Dieppe to Lewes
Day 25: Rouen to Neufchatel-en-Bray
Day 24: Honfleur to Rouen
Day 23: Bayeaux to Honfleur
Day 22: Mont Saint Michel – Bayeaux
Day 21: Dinan to Mont St Michel
Day 20: St Brieuc to Dinan
Day 19: Roscoff to St Brieuc
Day 18: Cork to the ferry
Day 17: Limerick to Cork
Day 16: Tralee to Limerick
Day 15: Dingle to Tralee
Day 14: Kenmare to Dingle
Day 13: Bantry to Kenmare
Day 12: Union Hall to Bantry
Day 11: Cobh to Union Hall
Day 10: Waterford to Cobh
Day 9: Arklow to Waterford
Day 8: Holyhead to Arklow
Day 7: Corwen to Holyhead
In the footsteps of Owain and King Arthur
Day 5: Aberystwyth to Corwen
Day 4: Builth Wells to Aberystwyth
Day 3: Monmouth to Builth Wells
Day 2: Thames Head to Monmouth
Day 1: Benson to Thames Head
Benson
London Calling
Japan (2023)
Yatta yo – I did it!
Day 14: Oboke to Tokushima
Day 13: Iya Valley
Day 12: Saijo to Oboke
Day 11: Imabari to Saijo via the hinterland
Day 10: Seto Inland Sea islands to Imabari
Day 9: Tobishima Kaido
Day 8: Shimanami Island hopping
Day 7 : Doteuchi to Furado
Day 6: Uchiko to Doteuchi
Day 5: Takase to Uchiko
Day 4: Matsubagawa to Takase
Day 3: Kōchi to Matsubagawa
Day 2: Shishikui to Kōchi
Day 1: Wakayama to Shishikui
Trains, planes and….bikes
Cardiac Journey (2022)
Life goes on
The final cardiac blog – it is time.
No Assholes Policy
The burning question ….weeks 3 and 4
Drawing strength – week 2
Baby steps, one week down.
Start me up
Three wise men
Friday on my mind
The telephone – it rang!
The Shane Warne effect
What the…kale?
Waiting by the telephone…
Next steps…
Time goes by slowly
Taking life for granted
France & Switzerland 2022
What’s in the bag?
Itchy feet
Finished our blockie
Could this be my new number one ride ever?
The hills are alive….
The three stooges
Recovery day, the Yaxley way…..
Not so Gruffy
Life is like a box of chocolates….
Climb climb climb
Wow
Angels and Demons
Bikes and trucks
Wet, windy, hilly and long
Le Dorat
Hot and windy, Aussies and the Irish
Ile de re
A day to chill, smell sea air and recover
Nasty Nantes and other navigational technicalities
Day 9: Fontvraud Abbey to Champtoceaux
Eleanor
Chateauneuf-sur-Loire to Amboise
Sancerre to Chateau-sur-Loire
Who booked our accomodation up the top of a nasty hill?
Beaune to Bourbon Lancy
Beaune
What a beautiful day to ride in France
And so the journey begins…
Mother’s Day jaunt
De jetlagging
New Bike Day
It’s about time!
Tour of Tasmania (2020)
Welcome to summer…..
Welcome to summer…..
Just a little bit wet…well ok, a lot!
Don’t pay the ferryman.
99 hairpin bends
Kinky kale and healthy beer?
Chilling
Out and back
Wild, wild (south) west
The good, the bad, the ugly
South Arm and Opossum Bay
Granny Sharron
Cat scratch fever
Life is a beach
Brilliant day to be riding a bike
Hanging out on dirt roads.
Gnarly
No we are not dodgy…
Batman – na na nana
Never say never.
Europe – one tour, eight countries (2019)
Final French Fling
Basel
Eye opener
20 French towns and villages in a day
I once was lost…and then found myself…in France..in a dark forest!
Mother and son, part 2
Mother and son
Dream it! Believe it! Achieve it!
Back to where we began….
I see dead people…..
Great touring day
Cesky Krumlov
Tough but rewarding day on the bike
Passau
Dirt tracks
We got lucky!
The drought buster
Looking for oompah loompahs
Lago Di Misurina
Dolomites
I’m back!
Knock, knock, knocking on the Dolomites doors
On the road again
Rain, rain go away
The path less travelled
Weather Gods
Wow factors
Shades of Tuscany
An Adriatic Sunset
Ljubljana
Do you have a kangaroo in your bag?
Three countries, four seasons
You can ring my bell
May Day
Three capital cities, four days riding
Esztergom
Little Carpathians
Peter Sagan, I’ve arrived!
Cruising around Vienna
Sunshine
I changed my mind
Blowing in the wind!
De jetlagging prelude ride
We’ve arrived…to a traditional Czech Easter welcome
We only live once….
New Zealand (2018-2020)
Hairy foot backroads
Lazy day
Taranaki farewell
Papatoetoe
Raglan
Christmas Eve
The Hobbit Hole
Earthquake gully
Imodium saves the day!
Raindrops keep falling on my head…
Free Bird
Hotter than hell…but in paradise…
Melting
Cluedo
Time to pack my bags
Find your grail…….
Penultimate eve
9 days down, 2 to go
Slow slog of a sloth
Spirits have flown
Stephen’s wise words of wisdom
Tour du Karikari
Another day…what can I say? ( hills, headwind….but beautiful vistas)
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country….
Cyclone Hola vs Sharron (0-1)
If you can dream it, you can do it!
To live will be an awfully big adventure…..
I’m always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them.
Welcomed into Wellington by the police, flashing lights and sirens!
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain – aka riding in the rain, headwind and dead road!
Let’s stick together
Go your own way
Pure magic, pure class
Live the life you imagine!
Best foot forward
Matamata matters
Never trust an old lady who does not cycle when she tells you that is it is a short sharp, climb and then flat!
Wont you take me to Funky Town!
Duntroon dilly dally
Tasmania what did you do!
Pump it up
Boxing Day
Ozzie Rock
Land of the long white cloud
Giro D’Italia, Switzerland, Italy and Czechia (2018)
Teaching the old dog, new tricks!
Matterhorn
The amazing race
Pumped as….Colle Delle Finestre!!!! Yeah baby!!!
Iseo
Aussies rule!
Rest day ride Lake Garda
Three Giro climb morning
Zoncolon
Asolo and Giro
I did not get shot!
Passo Tre Croci
Brrrr….shiver and shake
Oompa loompa
Tyrolean Tracks
Rest day…..?!?
A little bit of this, a little bit of that..
Last night in Switzerland
Figure Eight Invigorate
Bamboozled in Basel
Winging it
Recovery
The best laid plans…..
Final Czech fling
Rest day…burn the witches!
Bohemian Rhapsody
Majestic castles and forests
Czech..mate
You can’t do that…..
Bordeaux to Barcelona (2017)
Montserrat to Barcelona…The End
Solsona to Montserrat
Coll de Nargo to Solsona
Sort to Coll de Nargo
Salardu to Sort…oh Spain!
Bagneres de Luchon to Salardu
Rest day – Superbagneres!
St Gaudens to Bagneres de Luchon
Marciac to Saint Gaudens
Barbotan-les-Thermes to Marciac
Villandraut to Barbotan-les-Thermes
Here we go again!
The day before…
Entre-deux-Mers
You have got to be joking, right!?!
What not to do!
Life is like a box of chocolates …
Wandering, pondering and hula hooping!
Are we there yet?
London to Venice (2016)
Montervarchi to Florence ( 70 km, 999m) Final day! Boo hoo
Post Script Day 2: Chianti – 62 km, 1052m
PS: Day 1 Autumn in Tuscany (Florence to San Gimignano – 74 km, 1133m).
Finito. Done and dusted and time to celebrate (Vincenza to Mestre- 68 km, 50 m)
Farewell to The Alps ( Torbole to Vicenza – 90 km, 1481m)
Passo Di Domini Croce ( Breno to Torbole, 96 km 2400m)
Blood, sweat and fantastic views – La Prese to Breno (73 km, 1000m)
I’ll meet you in Switzerland (Davos to La Prese – 95 km, 2000m)
Swiss Alps beckon ( Bregenz to Davos, 123 km, 1500m)
Excuse me waiter, can you please tell me what country we are in?(Neuhausen to Bregenz – 109 km, 404m)
Rhein riding ( Rheinfelden to Neuhausen, 101 km, 707m)
Au revoir France, guten tag Switzerland and Germany ( 118 km, 352m)
Cyclists in the mist (Bourbonne-les-bains to Belfort 113 km, 1053m)
Cruising in the sun – canals and open road – Dolancourt to Bourbonne-les-Bain (109 km, 985m)
French fogs – Provins to Dolancourt (125km, 680 m)
Long and slow bimble through Paris. ( Poissy to Provins 124 km, 650m)
Where are the coffee shops? ( Gournay en bray to Poissy 110 km, 911m)
Farewell England, bonjour France (Newhaven to Gournay en Bray (90 km, 569m)
The slow crawl out of London ( 103 km, 1040m)
London calling! (Prologue Day 3 – 106 km, 532m)
Tour de Goring – day 2 prologue ( 84 km, 617m)
Adverse cambers- prologue Day 1 (89 km, 1100m)
Prologue – to be or not to be?
Calais to the Mediterranean (2015)
Lands End to John O’Groats (2013)
Getting ready for the long haul: To sleep, or not to sleep
Tasmania
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Giro D’Italia, Switzerland, Italy and Czechia (2018)
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