An official day of rest. No driving. No cycling. Just a diet of croissant, baguette and some gentle sea side strolling. Ault is a pretty cool little town that seems to have been held up in a time warp. The houses are all higgled-y-pigglyed and old fashioned. There are all the basic French requirements –… Read more

Ten hours and seven hundred kilometres later… We’ve had several plans up our sleeves for expeditioning over the coming weeks. It’s been difficult to come up with a satisfactory balance of the right level of safety, risk, responsibility and enjoyment.   Having weighed up all the pros and cons of several destinations, we set out… Read more

Wow, we’ve had a mix of things over the last few days. Incredible temperatures up to 30°C followed by rain and a rapid drop. Stillness and strong winds. Clare finished the last of her recent coaching contract, so we celebrated with a swim in the river, followed by cake. Apparently it’s been busy further up… Read more

It’s been nice to be back up in the mountains and seeing this view again. One of my Uni friends, who I’d not seen in quite a few years, called up out of the blue to see if I fancied doing some of the classic climbs in the area, so we chose to go up,… Read more

After a great day of whizzing about on the eBike, visiting friends for garden coffees, we got ourselves a plan together for some more sea kayaking adventures to take advantage of the lull in the wind. At 08:30 we were over on Holy Island, Anglesey, launching our kayaks at Porth Daffach. There was a light… Read more

It’s always exciting to get a new map in the post! The only frustrating thing with this one, is whether we’ll be allowed to travel far enough to use it!? Rain of biblical proportions has been falling all day. There’s been a ‘late November’ vibe at The Cottage rather than one of the summer holidays.… Read more