The Blayleys

The plan for this trip was to fly into Nice, then cycle up into the mountains and intercept the Torino Nice rally route  about halfway and ...

My final day! It was amazingly hot overnight. Noise from the road overwhelmed my earplugs. The compromise between the open window and road n...

I booked an AirBnB in Dungarvin. The proprietor asked when I would arrive. I think checkin was after 5, so I said after 5 and she questioned...

The plan for the day was to head up to The Vee, taking in a few dirt roads. Unfortunately my front brake decided to stop working, and I got ...

I started the day weaving around under the aqueduct before climbing up on top of it. Lots of climbs and descents followed and I even encount...

After a week of minimal elevation gain in The Netherlands, my legs needed a gentle reintroduction to climbing. I took the train down to Wate...

Our final day an we rode out a bridge too far! It actually wasn't an overreach for us that day. We were well trained by then!      

While we had almost no climbing on this trip, it was hard at times, because I was chasing three big guys, laying down some watts, when the o...

Looking back at this trip, we seemed to do a lot of eating of sweets. I suppose I have a reputation for this sort of thing.     

Henry kept promising hills. I think I shifted gears a few times on this ride! With Mt Washington coming up later this month, I needed some h...