CYCLOPOLITAN

We have a plan! After much deliberation and weighing up all the options and variables, we came up with this: head along the Loire river to Saumur on the EV6 then follow the Vienne river down to Poitiers, next cross over to the EV3 and head down to Angouleme. After that, follow the Charente river […]... We arrived at Heathrow and anxiously waited for our luggage - our fingers were crossed that the $2 shop Chinese laundry bags tied up with washing line had held up to the job and that the bike boxes were in one piece and and not spewing bike parts. A big sigh of relief as they all […]... For some time now I have needed a new word. When I tell people that I ride a bike, they instantly think ‘Cyclist' and imagine me in head-to-toe lycra - this is not a good thing. I would not wish this on anyone and, being a lady of a certain age, I feel quite ‘undressed'.