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COVID-19 Is taking hold. People are scared. Economic disaster is looming and worst of all, there seems to be no end in sight.  I have no words to describe the worry that is lurking inside of me. I do not worry for myself but for my family. My elderly mother in particular. This disease feels […]

Welcome to Episode 7  Day 5 My trip ends in Lourdes In short the weather for the next week is going to be crap. Also I’ve loaded up the bike too much and its all becoming a pain. The good bit is that I spent the day exploring Lourdes. Find out the whole story by […]

Welcome to Episode 7  Day 4 Bedarieux to Lourdes by Train. The previous days riding left me battered bruised. I woke up and looked out of the smelly rooms bedroom window. The weather looked grey. The mountains in the distance were covered by dark grey clouds filled to the brim with water. My exit plan […]

Welcome to Episode 7  Day 3  Montpellier to Bedarieux, 55 miles. This was a hard day. In fact very hard. I didn’t expect this to be so tough. The mountain just didn’t stop coming and this was in part because of the Garmin Touring plus route choice. It just loves to take you on the […]

Welcome to Episode 6  Day 2 Nimes to Montpellier Today was a lazy day. Taking full advantage of a nice soft large bed before a long days ride. Today’s ride took me thru Le Vidourle with it’s lovely water fall where i stopped for a crepe filled with nuttella and an expresso. The waterfall is […]

Welcome to Episode 5 The Day after Mount Ventoux Today was the first day of my ride home to back to the uk. Coming off the back of riding Mont Ventoux, Today was going to be hard. Having said that I still managed to put in a solid 70 miles and ended my day in […]

Welcome to Episode 4 In this episode I asked the question do you need to get fit before going on the cycle tour?

John Merrill Is the worlds greatest marathon walker. John has walked over 219,000 miles, worn out 133 pairs of boots and written over 440 books about his walks. Today John is an all-faith minister and still continues his walking journeys. In today’s podcast, I play the audio track from the interview I filmed last year. […]

In 2013 I cycled through Spain, Portugal, France and ending in Italy. The trip started out with two friends embarking on an amazing adventure on two wheels but ended with us parting company after ten days. in this episode, Jason gives his version of the story.

Welcome to the Episode 1 of Cycle For Your Life. An introduction to long distance cycling and the road that led me to ride a bicycle for three months thru Spain, Portugal, France and Italy and how cycling has saved my life.