Puerto Pollenca
Here we are at the ‘winter’ training camp in Puerto Pollenca. Quite a journey to get here. We set off this morning from the Boro at 2.00 am!
A hearty breakfast at Manchester at 5.00am lifts our energy levels and … Read more
Reeth Recce
As you may know the Tour de France visits the UK next year and the closest place it passes to the Boro is Reeth in Swaledale so we decided to head over there for a recce and do a couple … Read more
Meeting The Kids at KTS
This year’s ride along the Grand Traverse des Alpes was to raise funds for the the KTS Academy, an all-age special school in Brotton, Cleveland.
And it was with great pleasure that Roly and Steve K went along to … Read more
Open Adventure OpenCycling C2C – 2013
Fresh from the GR5, Captain Coxy has taken part in the OpenCycling challenge of the Coast to Coast in a Day. And didn’t he do well… you can see the results here…well under his target of 10 hours!. … Read more
Auron – Nice
We awake in Auron in glorious sunshine for the long 61 mile descent into Nice. It’s a stunning run down through the valley following the river all the way and peleton averages over 30mph as the target is to be … Read more
The Donkey Derby Results
The Donkey Derby Handicap on the Col de la Bonette.
And the winner was… Johnny G. !!!!!!!! What a result for the big fella and all the lads are delighted that John is King of the Hill on this col.… Read more
Barcelonnette – Auron
Today’s challenge is the Col de la Bonette the highest mountain pass in Europe. And it’s also Donkey Derby day!
That means we stop at the bottom of the Col and the riders set off at different times handicapped to … Read more
Guillestre – Barcelonnette
We had an interesting night last night in Guillestre. We found a lovely restaurant and most of the lads ordered Beuf Bourguignon puzzled why they had to pair up to do so and were given kebab forks. They soon found … Read more
Col Angel – Hardcore
Our hardcore team of Coxy, Spenna and Steve K pressed on up the Col Angel, a 21km tough climb into Italy.
They know the pass is closed but how far can they get up? They keep climbing up to 2km … Read more
