Phil shares his remarkable experiences, insights, and encounters from the road, giving you a firsthand account of his extraordinary journey.
Stages 64-66 (The Epilogue stages)
Wrapping Traverse. The three Epilogue stages were a PERFECT way of closing this adventure.
Stages 56-60 (Chapter Six)
Chapter Six. Part Two. Without doubt the best five stages to conclude this Odyssey.
Stages 51-55 (Chapter Six)
Chapter Five. Stages 51-55. Gnarly backroads. Rainbows. Cows. STEEP concrete. SOLID riders. So much in five days!
Stages 45-50 (Chapter Five)
Chapter FIVE . stages 45-50. THE ATLANTIC PYRENEES, Basque Country, Bilbao.
Stages 41-44 (Chapter Five)
Chapter Five. stages 41-44. Into the Pyrenees. OF COURSE they have not disappointed !!! ( Expectations were high too!)
Stages 36-40 (Chapter Four)
Chapter Four Part Two. The Three of Us. Mateusz & Richard ride with me before looking after CC Riders on the final two chapters.
Mid-Traverse break. Looking back, looking forward.
Mid-Traverse rest at home. Time for some reminiscing on roads behind me and for some THANKS to some of those I owe so much to.
Stages 26-30 (Chapter Three)
Chapter Three. stages 26-30. The Heat is still HERE! Col de la Loze to Mont Ventoux. And more.
Stages 21-25 (Chapter Three)
Chapter Three. stages 21-25. The Heat is HERE! From the Cote d’Azur to Haute Savoie. More unexpected tales from the High Roads.
Stages 16-20 (Chapter Two)
Chapter Two. stages 16-20. Lombardy to Liguria, including a stage in the French Alps. Ending in the back-hills of Nice, France.
Stages 11-15 (Chapter Two)
Chapter Two. stages 11-15. San Pellegrino Terme to Cesana Torinese. More tales of the Traverse Riders. The Roads do most of the talking, but we created some stories too….
Stages 6-10 (Chapter One)
Chapter One of the Traverse 66 is done. Many stories. Highs and lows. Italy and cycling. What a combination!!
Stages 1-5 (Chapter One)
STAGE 1, KM 2 : The Traverse project nearly came to a very sad end……
Dolo Mighty (Prologues #2 & #3)
The final stage riding towards the Traverse START in Spilimbergo.
Two people I have been very lucky to have met in my life are the inseparable Jered and Ashley Gruber. Claire and I stayed overnight with them last night.
ValTartano (Prologue #1)
Nestled between the valley-sprawl of Morbegno and the 15km climb up to ValTartano ( our base for four days), is the village of Talamona. Nothing more remarkable than the usual steep narrow roads through the old part followed by a micro- belt of suburbian space-seekers in need of a lawn to mow every weekend
A prelude.
If you are looking for a quick ‘diagonal-read’ and a Thumb to click on, you’ve opened the wrong door. In 2007, when my 300-cols-in-26-days Challenge started this wonderful tale, I posted a blog online.