Its raining in Provence, how is this possible in this most beautiful part of France, well there always a first time. Even though it was raining, we still went for an early morning swim in our sensational pool at the hotel.

There was very little “chit chat” this morning over breakfast but plenty of internet [...]

The Tour De France was today literally on our doorstep as the peloton came through our little village of Argeles Gazost. It was our last day in the Pyrenees and today’s ride was one of the longest and arguably the most picturesque.

It started after our daily fix of baguettes, croissants, jams, cheese and ham [...]

Everybody awoke with energy and enthusiasm, despite being woken by the most horrendous thunderstorm and lightning display during the night – it scared the you know what out of us!!! We all talked about it over breakfast and how noisy it was, but quickly moved onto the days planned ride – the 2100m Tourmalet!!

Unfortunately, [...]

Tom and I arrived into Argeles Gazost by 4 and by 5 we were on our bikes to climb the Hautacam which is just a lazy 15kms climb at 8% gradient. Our tour officially starts tomorrow but as we are well prepared we took the opportunity to climb the Hautacam before the rest of the [...]

We’ll be keeping you updated through out the July tour and all sorts of goodies over the next coming months.