It's pretty clear to me now that the reason Komoot has the Pennine Cycle Way as the toughest in the UK is because of the unrelenting...

I have written a few times on this blog about long distance rides having both a mental and physical challenge. This is especially true of...

Today was supposed to be an easier day. Only half the distance of the previous four at just 50km. But it definitely didn’t feel like a...

The last time I rode up Hartside Summit was 8 years ago completing the Coast to Coast route over four days with my then 12 year old son,...

"Where are you heading" asked one of the Triumph motorcycle guys as he watched me put the bags on my bike. "Alston" I replied. "I hope...

"Oh shit. Am I going to die?" said Rachel in no way being over dramatic on finding out this ride would involve a lot of climbing (she...

Day one of our ride from Edinburgh to Berwick on Tweed

Somewhere around 10:30 on Friday night, on tiny lanes weaving their way through the Chiltern hills, in pitch black .....