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 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...
Day 10 – 16 September 2025 – Megazzeno to Marina di Ascea.
Sep 16, 2025
53 miles ridden - 794m climbed - Temperature 29C Today was a good day. The first 20 miles or so was flat which was a nice start although the road was quite busy for the first 12 miles or so after which it quietened down nicely. Sadly we weren’t right next to the sea...
Day 9 – 15 September 2025 – Pompeii to Megazzeno
Sep 15, 2025
48 miles ridden - 1004m climbed - Temperature 30C. The first four miles were an assault course of potholes, closed roads, buses, school drop-offs and impatient drivers as we made our way out of Pompeii towards todays big climb. There weren’t any especially steep...



