Mini Tour of the Channel Islands
Channel Islands (Jersey) Sightseeing in Saint Helier (Sun 5 August 2018) Weather: 18⁰C min – 28⁰C max, clear and sunny “I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I...
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End of a Dream
France Stage 16 – Morlaix to Roscoff 30 Km (Mon 25 June 2019) Weather: 14⁰C min – 24⁰C max, fine and sunny “I came, I spun, I conquered.” ~ Unknown From Morlaix to...
Brittany at its Best
France Stage 15 – Carhaix to Morlaix 50 Km (Sun 24 June 2018) Weather: 11⁰C min – 22⁰C max, clear and sunny “All I want to do is ride my bike.” ~...
My Tour de France Race
France Stage 14 – Pontivy to Carhaix 63 Km (Sat 23 June 2018) Weather: 12⁰C min – 22⁰C max, clear and sunny “Life looks better when you are on a bicycle.” ~ Unknown When...
Cornfields and Country Roads
France Stage 13 – Malestroit to Pontivy 69 Km (Fri 22 June 2018) Weather: 10⁰C min – 20⁰C max, clear and sunny “Keep going, no matter what.” ~ Unknown Like yesterday I designed...
Bitumen is Best!
France Stage 12 – Blain to Malestroit 67 Km (Thu 21 June 2018) Weather: 12⁰C min – 23⁰C max, mostly cloudy “No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the...
Summer Days are Here!
France Stage 11 – Nantes to Blain 66 Km (Wed 20 June 2018) Weather: 17⁰C min – 28⁰C max, fine, mostly sunny “Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of...
Exploring Nantes
France Sightseeing in Nante (Tue 19 June 2018) Weather: 16⁰C min – 24⁰C max, mostly cloudy “When in doubt, pedal it out.” ~ Unknown After spending the morning exploring from the seat of...
Loire à Vélo – C’est Fini
France Stage 10 – Ancenis to Nantes 40 Km (Mon 18 June 2018) Weather: 15⁰C min – 21⁰C max, overcast “I have found if you love life it will love you back.” ~ Unknown...
Petites Cités de Caractère
France Stage 09 – Angers to Ancenis 68 Km (Sun 17 June 2018) Weather: 16⁰C min – 19⁰C max, mostly cloudy “Keep calm and ride on.” ~ Unknown Not every stage of a...
Pretty Villages by the River
France Stage 08 – Saumur to Angers 54 Km (Sat 16 June 2018) Weather: 14⁰C min – 21⁰C max, fine and mostly sunny “Now and then it is good to pause in our pursuit...
Rolling Along the River
France Stage 07 – Tours to Saumur 73 Km (Fri 15 June 2018) Weather: 12⁰C min – 21⁰C max, persistent light rain “Bike hard, bike safe, bike for life.” ~ Unknown Moaning about the...
Tours – Capital of the Loire
France Stage 06 – Blois to Tours 69 Km (Thu 14 June 2018) Weather: 15⁰C min – 21⁰C max, overcast “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Touring cyclists...
A Cyclist’s Dream
France Stage 05 – Orléans to Blois 66 Km (Wed 13 June 2018) Weather: 10⁰C min – 17⁰C max, mostly overcast but fine “Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.”...
Orléans on the Loire
France Stage 04 – Montargis to Orléans 74 Km (Tue 12 June 2018) Weather: 12⁰C min – 20⁰C max, overcast, rain showers “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that...
Raindrops are Falling
France Stage 03 – Saint-Mammès to Montargis 56 Km (Mon 11 June 2018) Weather: 16⁰C min – 21⁰C max, overcast, rain showers “Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with...
Fog, Flowers and Forests
France Stage 02 – Corbeil-Essonnes to Saint-Mammès 60 Km (Sun 10 June 2018) Weather: 17⁰C min – 25⁰C max, overcast, foggy “One day I want to live in a place where they only...
All’s Well That Ends Well!
France Stage 01 – Paris to Corbeil-Essonnes 45 Km (Sat 9 June 2018) Weather: 18⁰C min – 26⁰C max, mostly cloudy “Everything will be alright in the end. If things are not alright...
Arrival in Paris
France Sightseeing in Paris (Thu 7 June & Fri 8 June 2018) Weather: 16⁰C min – 23⁰C max, clear and sunny “When you ride a bike and you get your heart rate up...
Living Under a Cloud
Italy (Sicily) Sightseeing in Catania (Sun 3 June 2018 to Tue 5 June 2018) Weather: 20⁰C min – 32⁰C max, clear and sunny “A bicycle ride is a flight from sadness.” ~ Unknown...
Beautiful Bays and Beaches
Italy (Sicily) Stage 12 – Noto to Siracusa 41 Km (Sat 2 June 2018) Weather: 19⁰C min – 29⁰C max, clear and sunny “The body achieves what the mind believes.” ~ Unknown It...
Summertime in Sicily
Italy (Sicily) Stage 11 – Di Capo Passero to Noto 44 Km (Fri 1 June 2018) Weather: 20⁰C min – 29⁰C max, clear and sunny “When the spirits are low, when the day...
By the Sea
Italy (Sicily) Stage 10 – Cava D’Aliga to Portopalo di Capo Passero 51 Km (Thu 31 May 2018) Weather: 17⁰C min – 29⁰C max, clear and sunny “If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll...
Some Days Are Special
Italy (Sicily) Stage 09 – Ragusa to Cava D’Aliga 41 Km (Wed 30 May 2018) Weather: 17⁰C min – 29⁰C max, clear and sunny “As I get older, I get smaller. I see...
On Shaky Ground
Italy (Puglia) Sightseeing in Ragusa (Tue 29 May 2018) Weather: 18⁰C min – 28⁰C max, mostly cloudy “Make yourself stronger than your excuses.” ~ Unknown Ragusa has two distinct areas, the upper town...
An Easy Ride
Italy (Sicily) Stage 07 and Stage 08 – Licata to Ragusa 107 Km (Mon 28 May 2018) *** BY TRAIN*** Weather: 16⁰C min – 23⁰C max, clear and sunny “Hills. We love them....
A Parched Province
Italy (Sicily) Stage 06 – San Leone to Licata 40 Km (Sun 27 May 2018) Weather: 16⁰C min – 24⁰C max, mostly sunny “If you rest, you rust” ~ Helen Hayes Breakfast at...
Ups and Downs
Italy (Sicily) Stage 05 – Sciacca to San Leone 68 Km (Sat 26 May 2018) Weather: 16⁰C min – 26⁰C max, clear and sunny “You can dream about it or you can go out...
Under the Sicilian Sun
Italy (Sicily) Stage 04 – Mazara Del Vallo to Sciacca 67 Km (Fri 25 May 2018) Weather: 17⁰C min – 25⁰C max, clear and sunny “How do you define “riding too much”?” Complementary...
A Perfect Ride
Italy (Sicily) Stage 03 – Trapani to Mazara Del Vallo 60 Km (Thu 24 May 2018) Weather: 14⁰C min – 26⁰C max, clear and sunny “Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling.” ~ James E....