An amazing ride to see two mountain reservoirs and their respective dams. As well as the spectacular scenery, I discovered a lot more about hydro-electricity in the Haute Maurienne valley
Barrage de Plan d’Amont
Adventures on my bike
An amazing ride to see two mountain reservoirs and their respective dams. As well as the spectacular scenery, I discovered a lot more about hydro-electricity in the Haute Maurienne valley
A tough but beautiful ride over Col du Plan du Lac to the remote Vallon de La Rocheure. Stunning scenery and marmots galore!
A beautiful bike ride in the Maurienne valley, from Termignon to Col du Petit Mont Cenis, and then over Col du Mont Cenis and down to the Italian border. Featuring mountain meadows, flowers and streams.
I took on the southern ascent of the highest road pass in the Alps — Col de l’Iseran. Glorious weather, quiet roads and beautiful Alpine scenery made for a remarkable ride.
An amazing day’s cycling taking on the epic Col du Galibier via Col du Télégraphe from the Maurienne valley, with perfect weather.
I rode from La Chambre to experience the remarkable Lacets de Montvernier, seventeen closely-packed hairpins that scale the side of the Maurienne valley. Also featuring today was a snake, a lizard and a balcony road!
A tough ride from La Chambre in the Maurienne valley up to Col du Glandon, returning via Col de la Croix de Fer.
I revisited the astounding Gorges du Nan, and then went to investigate the site of a major landslide that obliterated the RD1532 road last year.
Emulating a ride I did ten years ago, this was a 200-mile bike ride along the south coast of West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. From Littlehampton to Rye
This ride to from La Chambre in the Maurienne valley to the famous Col de la Madeleine, turned out to be more of an ordeal than expected when I found the first way up blocked.