Two trips abroad couldn’t compensate for the death of a friend, so we did a pilgrimage to a mountain, finishing the year with a Christmas ride to Porthcawl.
It’s the largest of the Channel Islands, and has a mix of British and French cultures, it’s best known for its beaches, WW2 fortifications, and historic castles.
How do you grieve for a friend? Well this ride is my way of paying homage to a colleague who passed away last year near Talgarth, and everybody misses him.
This is a ride I’ve wanted to do for ages; Brecon to Newport along the Brecon & Monmouthshire canal with two of my mates.
Riding along one of the most iconic cycling routes in Europe; the Danube River. The most popular route starts at Passau, and terminates in Vienna Austria.
We travel along more than half a dozen old railway paths, through the breathtaking Millennium Coastal Park at Llanelli, and the Gower Peninsula.
We're going to two very different castles in the Glamorgan area and if you were only able to visit one castle in your life, then Caerphilly castle would be a good choice.
If your passion is the Industrial age then surely ‘Ironbridge’ has to be the ‘Mecca’ of the era, and a pilgrimage to the heart of the River Severn Gorge, in Shropshire is a must.
Over eons of time, intense erosion from the sea and the weather have carved valleys and gorges into the landscape, creating an uneven terrain that’s so harsh, it’s either up or down.
In the seventies Porthcawl was the premier resort of South Wales and I spent most of my childhood holidays there, it’s going to be a great night ride.