I'm in love. It's true, I really am! I am in love with my beautiful, beautiful bike! I've said it before, buying a bike and making it really work for you is a very personal thing. Finding the right frame, the right gear and adding just the right amount of character takes time and effort. … Continue reading Riding like a dream
I’m sitting here in the garden, with my laptop resting on my heavy legs, feeling really good about how my day shaped up. All week the Mr and I have been keeping an eye on the weather forecast, trying to decide where in the country to travel for a bike ride this weekend. We ummed … Continue reading Doorstep epic
And so it was that we returned to the van in Chatel, in need of a new adventure. As luck would have it, a new adventure presented itself to us, in the form of a message from my friend Kat. She texted me to say that she was currently on holiday with a company called … Continue reading J’adore VTT (part 3)
Two blogs in one week? Has the world gone mad?? I couldn't just leave you all wondering what happened next on our big French adventure, so here I am - back with part deux. After a wonderful week in Annecy, playing on the lake and whizzing down the mountains, it was time to move on. … Continue reading J’adore VTT (part 2)
Hello! Remember me? It’s been a while! I won’t bore you with the details of why it’s been so long, but it’s fair to say I’ve really missed blogging and my little corner of the internet lately. So here I am – back! So much has happened since my last post. I've bought a new … Continue reading J’adore VTT! (Part 1)
There's not been a lot of biking going on for me so far this year. Life got crazy busy, the weather got pretty miserable and time for riding just hasn't been happening. But today was one of those days when everything comes together. Last week, I'd been in my favourite local bike shop, Bad Ass … Continue reading Testing, testing, 123 (or 275, actually!)
Today I went back to basics. After a few months of not really riding very much, due to too many bouts of winter-related illnesses, hideous weather and just being too darn busy, I felt I had lost my riding vavavoom and was questioning if I could really be bothered to go and find it again. … Continue reading Back to basics
Well, it's safe to say that this has been a bit of a strange weekend. It was meant to be the weekend when I did my first enduro race. It ended up being something quite different. The Mr and I entered the Mondraker Gravity Enduro that was taking place in and around Newnham Park in … Continue reading Oh the irony
A couple of weeks ago I did something entirely out of my comfort zone. I did my first race. The Brighton Big Dog is an endurance race that's been running for six years. It's held in Stanmer Park, just outside the city, and sees mountain bikers from all over the place riding for six hours … Continue reading Brighton Big Dog: Big fun
We were meant to be going to watch the Downhill World Cup at Fort William at the weekend, but my Mr's work commitments meant we couldn't make it. Understandably, I was pretty disappointed. But rather than moping about what could have been, we decided to make sure that we had fun anyway. So on Friday … Continue reading #microadventure
Scone Cycling 