Why exercise?
He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything
Don’t let your age control your lifestyle, let your lifestyle control your age
Suck it up and one day you won’t have to suck it in
Why cycle?
‘When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road without thought on anything but the ride you are taking’ – Arthur Conan-Doyle
‘Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving’ – Albert Einstein
‘Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls’ – Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
‘I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again’ – Michelle Pfeiffer
‘Cycle all day and not only will you see, hear, smell, and feel the world around you but you will burn thousands of calories and be able to eat as much of whatever you want’ – Nick Pannaman
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Day 4 – 14th September – Bolzano to Torbole or not……
Sep 14, 2022
0 mile cycled - 0m climbed - temperature 20C Only one photo today and not a welcome one: I woke up early this morning feeling a bit squiffy and between Peak Tours general COVID concerns and Italy still having some very strict rules for those testing positive I took...
Day 3 – 13th September – Nauders in Austria to Bolzano in Italy
Sep 13, 2022
77 miles ridden - 612m climbed - temperature 20C. I’ve said before that the perfect bike ride relies on four factors: Terrain - today was mainly downhill Temperature - although chilly first thing it got warmer as the day went on finishing at 28C in Bolzano Road...
Day 2 – 11 September – Mittenwald to Nauders.
Sep 12, 2022
82 miles ridden - 1671m climbed - temperature 17C Today was a fabulous but hard day. Although the sky was blue, Mittenwald was entirely in the shade of the mountains so we needed arm warmers and gilet (Rapha of course) while we warmed up. And we warmed up pretty...