At the moment we are 1-0 down in the game against Uruguay. I’m losing interest in the game and so thought I would fill you in with today’s details. Thankfully today was superb even though I only got about 5 hours sleep! A nice breakfast and coffee was a good set up for the morning and the weather […]
The Basil Fawlty of Cycle Tours!!! Wednesday 18 June 2014
Hi all, This needs to be brief as it’s 2am in France on Thursday morning, (1 am at home) and we have just got to the hotel and showered etc! You may get the gist from that sentence, that today didn’t quite go to plan. Well, the expected 85 miles in say 6 or 7 […]
Ready for the off
So here we are. 11pm the night before the morning after! All settled into the room at our hotel in Blackheath, looking forward to the 5am wake up call for breakfast at 5.30 and start at 6.30. That’s the first surprise as I thought we were having breakfast an hour later! Oh well , I’ll […]
Los Angeles to Paris!
It’s been quite some time since the last post so I shall give a quick update. We were all euphoric at having finished this epic journey and were pretty proud of ourselves – in short it had been a great challenge and experience. We rode through some amazing countryside and pushed ourselves to extreme limits at […]
Day 8 – Wednesday 17 October – Ventura to Santa Monica
Itinerary – October 17 – Ventura to Santa Monica – 55 miles (gain/loss 1,300’) Southern California ambience dominates the route today. In the morning, we ride through urban areas and farmland before reaching the scenic northern Malibu coast. As we get close to the actual town of Malibu, the road gets busier and we see […]
Day 7 – Tuesday 16 October – Lompoc to Ventura
Itinerary – October 16 – Lompoc to Ventura – 85-90 miles (gain/loss 3,100’) A long day, but most of the riding is relatively level along the coast. We start the day along an isolated stretch of Highway One meandering through rural areas before joining US 101 for significant stretches around Santa Barbara. US 101 is a […]
Day 6 – Monday 15 October – San Luis Obispo to Lompoc
Itinerary: October 15 – SLO to Lompoc – 60 miles (gain/loss 3,600’) Most of the cycling today is inland through pretty agricultural areas with small towns. One of the larger single climbs (Harris Grade) of the trip challenges us toward the end of the day, but we are rewarded with a long fun descent into […]
Day 5 – Sunday 14 October – Cambria to Obispo
Itinerary: October 14 – Cambria to San Luis Obispo (SLO) – 45 miles (gain/loss 2000’) In the morning our route sticks close to the coast and winds through the picturesque towns of Cayucos and Morro Bay before skirting Morro Bay National Estuary. There is a great option out and back to Montana de Oro State […]
Day 4 – Big Sur to Cambria – Saturday October 13
Itinerary: October 13 – Big Sur to Cambria – 70 miles (gain/loss 5,100’) The hills of the Big Sur coast get even bigger for the first 50 miles of today’s ride. You are either climbing or descending virtually the entire way, with Highway One often carved right out of cliffs that rise over 1000’ above […]