Mountains

The Stwlan Dam climb is on a road closed to cars. We lifted our bikes over the gate and then went through the kissing-gate. The road is used by the odd car from the electricity company but that is the only traffic you will meet. This road leads up to the dam way up in the hills above the village of Tanygrisiau.

Marchlyn Mawr is another one of those semi-closed road hill climbs in North Wales. Similar to Stwlan Dam, the road is closed to cars...

I've always enjoyed riding in North Wales, places like Stwlan Dam and most of Snowdonia. Unfortunately this weekend I didn't get to cover many...

I think it's becoming obvious that I like to set myself a challenge and see what I can do with a bike. It started...

I've written about Audaxing before here mentioning how relaxed and economical they are compared to Sportives. In an effort to keep me riding good...

It's been brought to my attention that I've neglected to write-up my experience of cycling in France this Summer. Something I shall attempt to...

Working in education, I’m often stuck with having only school breaks to take my holidays in and October half-term was one of the last...

Working in education, I'm often stuck with having only school breaks to take my holidays in and October half-term was one of the last...