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 – 1 July 2026 – Bingen to Ladenburg.

Day 4 – 1 July 2026 – Bingen to Ladenburg.

67 miles ridden. 442m climbed. Temperature 28C. It was a beautiful, clear, cool day. For some of it we had a cooling headwind, for some of it a fun tailwind. The Rhine was majestic. After a few miles we parted company with the Rhine and set off across country to cut...

Day 3 – 30 June 2026 – Kobern-Gondorf to Bingen

Day 3 – 30 June 2026 – Kobern-Gondorf to Bingen

52 miles ridden - 184m climbed - temperature 27C average : 30C at the end. Today’s was another lovely ride. Starting gently along the banks of the Moselle in cool humid air our peaceful start morphed itself into the relative chaos of Koblenz and the meeting of the...

Day 2 – 29 June 2026 – Bernkastel-Kues to Kobern-Gondorf.

Day 2 – 29 June 2026 – Bernkastel-Kues to Kobern-Gondorf.

72 miles ridden - 227m climbed - temperature 26C (average 19C at start - 33C at end. Today was a lovely days riding. It was cool and overcast as we set off and although humid from the thunderstorms overnight we had a cooling headwind for most of the day. Aside from a...