Velo Pyrenees

Recently I headed out for my first experience of Europe’s big mountains. I flew in to Toulouse from Heathrow – my bike in a box – and picked up a hire car before driving in the direction of Tarbes. I’d booked 3 nights at Velo Pyrenees (see map), located near Crechets in the foothills of [...]

Training diary: week 4

A slightly different week of training this week! Sunday was the Mazda London Triathlon (full write up to follow), and then after the event I immediately packed my bike into my DHB Elsted box – a challenge in itself – and headed south for an early Monday flight to Toulouse. 4 days in the Pyrenees followed, [...]

Pyrenean Cols

Here’s where I’ll be cycling next week. I just need to decide which Cols I’m going to climb during my 4-day stay. Will it be the Tourmalet, the Portet d’Aspet, the Peyresourde, the Port de Bales, the Col de Mente? The names conjure up the myth and mystique of cycling and – of course – the Tour [...]