One of the great joys in my life is bike touring. While I have raced road and mountainbikes all through my teenage years one of my greatest cycling pleasures was putting on the paniers, strapping on the bag full of clothes and sometimes even the tent, food and cocking equipment and hitting the road for a week. I have been lucky enough to tour some of the most beautiful cycling roads in the world and hope that will continue. From my first tour aged 15 to my most recent aged 26 when I went on a tour for the first time in seven years, I have enjoyed them all. I couldn’t believe it had been 7 years between the forth and the fifth and have promised myself it’ll never be so long again. In this section I hope to document each tour in full with route details and information. It is a work in progress but for now here are the tours I have been on so far.

July 1997 — Islands and Highlands of the Scottish West Coast

July 1998 — West Coast of Ireland

July 2000 — Scottish Highlands

July 2001 — Donegal and the Southern Counties of Ulster

July 2008 — County Down and the Mourne Mountains