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 13 – 19 September 2025 – Guardia Piemontese to Porto Salvo
Sep 19, 2025
70.6 miles ridden - 772m climbed - Temperature 30C. We went for an early start today so that we could break the back of our 22 miles of climbing in the cooler morning hours and because the sun is behind the mountains there is much more shade. The climb started about...
Day 12 – 18 September 2025 – Sapri to Guardia Piemontese.
Sep 18, 2025
59.6 miles ridden - 942m climbed - Temperature 31C. Today felt like a long day but that may be because we stopped for a somewhat lengthy coffee break and also a lunch stop. Sapri looked quite charming this morning and I even took in some sculpture on the seafront. But...
Day 11 – 17 September 2025 – Marina di Ascea to Sapri.
Sep 17, 2025
46 miles ridden - 1126m climbed - Temperature 28C (most of the time!) Today was a ride of two halves - the first climb and the second climb. The first climb started about 1 mile from the hotel high is always hard as it takes me about 20 minutes to get warmed up but...



