So, after the Alps, it was time to head off to the madness and beauty of Tuscany and Italy. First stop was away from obvious Mountain biking territory, with a stop to the stunning medieval city of Florence. It’s a crazy, busy and overcrowded place, which had had such problems with traffic that now the

OK, I guess all good things must come to an end, and it’s certainly been a busy and full couple of weeks! As I sit here looking out at the rain pouring down outside the chalet, I can’t believe how lucky we have been up until now! Sunday With a few more trails in the

Wow, and we are already over half-way through!! Thursday Well, it was decided that today was an excellent chance to head back over to the Swiss side of the Portes Du Soleil whilst the weather was good. It was a quick drive around to Mozine, and straight back up the Super Morzine to drop down

MONDAY……………… So, we all survived the Passportes in one piece….. JUST. Thus it was time for a relaxing day off to let the arms, legs and fingers(!) recover. Most people chilled out around the chalet and spent a little time cleaning their bikes and stuff, and Deborah organised a trip to the local lake for a

Well, it was a pretty full-on day! But we survived!!! 70Km, 6500m descending, and very sore arms…! For those that don’t know, the “Passportes Du Soleil” is an event that is organised to celebrate the opening of the lifts in the Portes Du Soleil region to bikers every year. The event covers about 80km, 5

Well, we made it to the Alps all in one piece, and only one bag was lost in transit, and luckily that wasn’t a bike, so no major dramas there!!! It’s fair to say the chalet we are staying in is awesome. It’s an old farm building that is a few centuries old, but has

  Well, it was a splendid weekend up at Melrose. There was a bit of riding, and bit of skills instruction, and lots of wine tasting…..       We turned up on Friday afternoon, set up our tent, and headed up to the Northstar for a bite to eat. It was great seeing loads

  And another day ii comes around! It’s great to see so many of our friends coming back to tackle the second part of our course! The weather was a little iffy to start with, and it was certainly blustery, so much so that we didn’t risk putting up the Escapegoat tent this time, for

  And again the weather gods were good to us! After the appalling weather we had the previous weekend on Anzac day, and a load of rain on Friday, it was a relief to see blue skies on Saturday morning….. 😀      This time we had Tania, Vanessa, Val, Pam, Margrit and Lyndy ready

Wow, and this was a busy one! Luckily the weather was pretty good this time. We had Kathy, Wes, Jane, Roger, Bruno, Adrian and Daniel this week to test themselves on berms, drop-offs, step-ups and everything else we could throw at them!! [singlepic id=1281 w=320 h=240 float=center]   After a quick warm-up, it was game