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 […]
Friday 12 October – Day 3 – Monterey to Big Sur
Itinerary for October 12 – Monterey to Big Sur – 45 miles (gain/loss 3,200’) Today’s ride begins with a side trip out to scenic 17 Mile Drive to experience the storied golf courses of Pebble Beach. We’ll continue through Carmel, enjoying its white sandy beach and beautiful mission. South of Carmel, we enter the fabled Big […]
Thursday 11 October – Day 2 – Santa Cruz to Monterey
Itinerary: October 11 – Santa Cruz to Monterey – 45 miles (gain/loss 2,300’)From Santa Cruz to the Monterey Peninsula the coastal route weaves through farmland (watch for artichokes!) and along scenic dune areas with long stretches on bike paths. With the shorter mileage today, you’ll have plenty of time in the afternoon to explore the […]
Ready, Steady …….Go! Wednesday 10 October
The below is what our itinerary states that we should embark on today: San Francisco to Santa Cruz – 85 miles (gain/loss 3,900’) From San Francisco (Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf), our biking odyssey begins with an out and back on the Golden Gate Bridge and then rides through the Presidio and down to Half Moon […]
Travel and Tourist Days – Monday & Tuesday 8 & 9 October
Monday 8 October. Alan and I got picked up around 7.30/7.45 am by my brother-in-law Leon (thanks Leon) who squeezed two bike boxes and two pieces of luggage plus hand luggage into his car and we set off on a pretty slow journey to the airport. (Richard R and Craig are already in the USA, […]
Off I go!
Today is 7 October 2012 and I am all packed, ready to go. My bike is carefully tucked away in its special travelling bike-box. My last ride was a week ago and I have been quite glad for the rest since then. My legs seem to have benefited from being lazy but I hope doing […]
The Story from From Kilimanjaro to San Francisco minus one week!
So we got back from Kilimanjaro after the adventure of a lifetime and once the dust had settled started to get itchy feet again. The “what next” question came up and we started looking for a follow up trip. For me it was the camaraderie, inane schoolboy humour, but most of all the physical and […]
A year on!
I can remember quite clearly that for the first two weeks after we got back it was almost as if I was still on another planet. I couldn’t really get back into the normal pace of things and I was so relaxed and laid back generally that it was really quite a nice place to […]