It has been five years since I first completed the Highland Trail 550 route in 2016 in 4 days 21 hours 35 minutes. At risk of sounding cliche, it was a life changing experience. Aside from having near perfect weather and conditions, there was a shared sense amongst the riders …
As with everything in 2020, endurance cycling events have been impacted by COVID-19. There was no Bear Bones group start this year. Instead, we received the top secret GPX crafted by Stu @ Bear Bones and we were given the option to ride any time in October, starting from any …
We both had two weeks holiday remaining and enough air miles to get to Bilbao and back. That seemed liked enough of a plan to get started. I thought up a route and fiddled with our bikes whilst Jenny worked her magic on our clothing to climate calibration (CCC) and optimised the pack list for bikepacking. The flight date approached faster …
Recently I’ve been getting the hint from Jenny that I should get better at surprises. So far I’ve flat out disagreed. I am full of surprises! I take …
WHY!? This is the question I heard repeatedly when I explained that I would be away for the weekend cycling over 200km …
With a new job starting in June, I realised that May might be my last chance for a while to squeeze in …
