Tour blog days 5 & 6 - Menaggio rules |
Due to being a lazy so and so i can't remember where i left off. think i was about to come out of the mountains to Lago di Maggiore. its a stunning place and i learnt 2 useful things. first, i don't h...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT |
Tour blog day 4. Bella Italia ! |
What a day. WHAT A DAY ! Sigh . . . I'm in bikey paradise :). Started with some new swiss passes (heading south for some warmth) and they were awesome. By 1pm i hit Locarno and 35 deg - tshirt mode. R...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:43:00 GMT |
Tour Blog Day 3 |
Wow, what a way to start your day ! Rode round Lake Luzern which is beeeee-autiful. This should be the compulsory way to start every day .
Headed for the heart of Switzerland and the BIG p...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:45:00 GMT |
TOUR BLOG DAY 2 |
The couple running the hotel in Lux turned out to be bikers - and from holland, not france - oops. insisted on drawing me a map of their favorite route, bless. stopped for lunch in Strasbourg, lovely ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:13:00 GMT |
Tour blog 1 |
Car broke down at 11pm outside local shops night before leaving. A.A. took an hour to fix. Bed at 1.30am and up at 6 (ish). Thanks for shouting at me to get up Jen ! Bouncy ferry was fun. Aimed for Co...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:08:00 GMT |
2008 Tour - test blog |
Ahem, 1, 2 ......... 1, 2 ............. testing, testing.
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:16:00 GMT |
B-r-r-r-r |
Ok, i had to get caught out sooner or later and it was today coming down beautiful Nufenen Pass. Started to rain a little, then a lot :-(. Had to put on full wet gear coz it was bloomin cold too. By t...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:57:00 GMT |
Home time |
Well, i have to say the roads through the french alps were spectacular to look at, but the surfaces pretty poor on the whole (therefore slow). Crossing into switzerland yesterday was a big improvement...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:30:00 GMT |
Day 1 and Day 2 blog |
Off to a great start. 30 yards away from home I saw something poking out my new oxford paniers. Thought I`d left it unzipped, but no, it split. Luckily i spotted it before distributi...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:53:00 GMT |
