All posts by Dave Brown

We’re storm chasing today as we know the forecast is bad and we were woken at 6am by the thunder and torrential rain!

But as we pack the car and set off the sun is out and it’s hot again. … Read more

A steep climb out of Porto is in store for the lads as we head out on the D81 which is a ‘must do’ coastal route. Should be spectacular!

Although this first climb is much shorter than yesterday it’s much … Read more

Hot start this morning in Bastia and it’s round to the harbour for the start. Busy traffic on the roads at first as we basically head back towards the airport for the turn off for the T20. No mishaps and … Read more

We’re off to Corsica! The French island jewel in the Mediterranean sea.

We start and end in Bastia making a circular route around the northern half of the island taking in, Porto, Ajaccio, Corte, L’lle Rousse, and Cap Course.

We’ll … Read more

As perhaps the last outing of the summer a few of the lads decided to head to Dentdale in Cumbria and in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The plan was to camp overnight on Saturday in the village of Dent … Read more

In July a couple of the Coastbusters, Paul Coxon and Martin Russell took on the Wales in Day challenge. A mammoth undertaking! Paul tells the story….

Next up after our trip to the Dolomites was Wales in a day, a … Read more

I’ve now added the gallery for this years tour.

You can view it below. It can also be seen from the Dolomites 2017 page and the Gallery page.

Gallery

Click on the image below to open the Gallery.… Read more

No riding today for the lads so they head for the train station while Ade and I take the van to the rendezvous at our hotel in Mestre which is on the mainland.

All goes smoothly and we drop our … Read more

Today is the day for the big push back towards Venice. A 95 mile race to Treviso, the weather is hot, we’re heading mainly down hill and away from the mountains…

However, we need to avoid the major roads and … Read more

We start late today. One climb over and down to Ovaro where we are staying. From there we’re taking on the famous Zoncolan which starts in Ovaro. It’s going to be a straight up and down but we know it’s … Read more