Month: June 2022

There are 17 of use in total. Some are awesome cycling machines, routinely kicking out 100 milers before breakfast, a few whippety hill climbers, some just having a giggle, and the Weekend Warriors like myself. Many of us rode across The Pyrenees in 2019, again to raise money for BLGC, and also Cystic Fibrosis. A good chunk of the lithesome lineup are in the pic below (we might have overindulged over lockdown…).

My plan is to post updates as we suffer, struggle, eat and giggle our way across the route. If posts are late, it is almost certainly because am still on the bike/asleep.

I’m carrying the White Rose of York, and riding with a lovely group of Red Rose Boltonites. Over eight days, we’re covering over 1000km and 15,500m of ascent as we wind our way across the Italian Alps from Milan to the chic coast of Nice.

We will take on two of cycling’s classic monuments (Il Lombadia and Milan San Remo) as well as some of the biggest mountains in the area (Col de Bonnet) and for 8 days put ourselves in “the hurt locker” in the hope that it will encourage you to support the ride, by supporting the club .  As always, we pay for everything ourselves so you know that every penny you donate goes directly to BLGC.  Our Just giving page is here – https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/blgcitalianclassics 

The nudge to start this blog is a trip to Italy…tomorrow! Assuming I successfully run the gauntlet of Manchester Airport check-in and security, on Saturday afternoon I will start an epic 8-day cycle trip covering 1048km and 15,500m of ascent over some absolutely cracking Italian Alps. With cake.