Leon to Astorga. This morning starts with our guide Alfonso issuing us with our bikes, He also provides us with a leaflet on how to ride it, and his telephone number if we get lost. After making various adjustments and repeating, yet again, how the gears work to my compatriot I.e.  three gears on the […]

Gatwick to Leon Spain. On the drive to the airport there are a number of road works that reduce the motorway to one lane and finally cause the closure of the M25. How grateful we were it was early hours of the morning, as negotiating the diversion would have been a nightmare in daylight hours. […]

Droitwich Spa to Gatwick. This trip was planned for Covid year. It was intended to be a self organised event, however, several years older, a little heavier, and with the uncertain Covid restrictions, we have decided to go on an organised trip. We leave tomorrow on a very inconvenient 06:20 flight from Gatwick. This requires […]

Up early for a drive to the Piece Hall Halifax which we have to arrive at by 09:00. We decide to travel following the satnav without motorways. While travelling along a major dual carriageway without signs, notice, or a diversion, we find it closed. Not sure where we are but while deciding what to do […]

We are off to Scarborough Fair today. Part of the route, to our first destination of the day, is on roads we cycled on, across the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Tour, earlier this year. On arriving at the Scarborough Fair Transport Museum, which is well worth a visit, the special stage challenge was a cryptic quiz […]

Today we set off from the hotel following our Tulip Route Book which looks like this. The weather is fantastic with blue skies and sunshine ensuring we had great views. We travelled across the dales and moors and stopped for a coffee, only to find we were at the entrance to Stump Cross Caverns. After […]

Today we head from the hotel to the first event at Elvington Airfield. This is the location where Richard Hammond had his near fatal accident. As co driver I hope we have better luck. After lining up for scrutineering and a briefing, along with meeting the other participants, we were set the first test. This required […]

Today we are travelling to York on the Yorkshire Job, raising money for Buttle UK, a charity supporting children in crisis. This event replaces the Italian Job, because organising a European tour would have been too difficult. We are in Sue’s little classic mini, with her driving and Ed navigating, in the restored 1993 special […]

The hotel had suggested an 8am breakfast, which for some reason we had agreed to. Most of our compatriots had two sets of clothes. One for cycling, and one for non cycling. The rest of the pannier space being set aside for waterproofs. Most of us arrived at breakfast dressed in cycling gear ready for […]

The hotel is excellent and after a good breakfast we prepare ourselves for cycling to Bristol and back. The only inconvenience with the hotel is that two of us have rooms on the top floor. The hotel organiser Dave for some reason, has managed to secure a room on the ground floor. We hope the […]