Author: Will

27.7 kms Sometimes just getting out the door is a victory. Just didn’t feel like it but it was too nice a day – glad I got out. Total distance 9,095 kms will-davies.com

32 kms Same as Yesterday. Total distance 9,067 kms will-davies.com

33.1 kms I wasn’t sure which weather icon to use. It started cold, dark and gray. But – as sometimes happens here – the fog just melted away half way through the ride leaving nothing but blue sky. Total distance 9,035 will-davies.com

48.1 kms Well, I have passed 9,000 kms. Beautiful day again but time for the bike tights. Total distance 9,002 kms will-davies.com

33.3kms Well I was the only rider I saw brave (stupid?) enough to wear shorts today. Weather is still great but its cooling down. Total distance 8,954kms will-davies.com

54.6 kms Two kms into the ride I reached for my water bottle and realized I had left it on the kitchen counter. Then as I was busy calling myself Dopey, I started to sneeze. I must have sneezed 30 times on this ride – something that has never happened before – Sneezy. Luckily it was too pefect a day to be Grumpy. Total distance 8,921 kms will-davies.com

32.9 kms Quick local ride on wet roads. Total distance 8,866kms will-davies.com

Bike route 875801 – powered by Bikemap AT the top of Mont Revard. Mont Blanc in Background.

Bike route 875801 – powered by Bikemap 39.1kms Doreen woke up a year older (24 now?) and motivated. At her insistence we headed out for a big day. On perhaps our last climb of the year we cycled up Mont Revard. High above Lac Bourget (the biggest lake in France), Revard has often featured in the Tour de France. Starting near the old Roman thermal bath town of Aix-les-Bains, the route is 20 kms with an ascent of just over 1,200 metres (4,000 feet). I rode a ahead, enjoying another pefect day for riding – cool and sunny. It’s a…

42.5 kms Relaxing ride through rural France with Doreen Total distance 8,794 kms will-davies.com