Mont Ventoux: Marking the Way

Mont Ventoux is somewhere that has always pointed me in new directions. In 2016 it was resistance. In 2026 it marks keeping my world open.
Mont Ventoux: Marking the Way

Mont Ventoux is somewhere that has always pointed me in new directions. In 2016 it was resistance. In 2026 it marks keeping my world open.
Mont Ventoux: Marking the Way

I will be heading back to Mont Ventoux for the first time since 2019, climbing with an e-road bike. Quiet about it this time... Here’s why.

It has been seven years since I last climbed Mont Ventoux by bike. One more time. A little different now, with a bit of mechanical doping.

“Cycling has got to be the most unpleasant of all sports” – Haruki Murakami I normally never listen to audiobooks. The first was recent and actually something of an accident. I was heading for the office and planning to catch…

The first of a set of occasional posts in a series ‘For the Love Of…’ Basically I will just write about something I like a lot. Nothing more than that! This one will cover cycling. Today. Nine years ago today.…

Mont Ventoux is a personal symbol of how I have tried to react to MS and the climb from Sault means I have now taken all three routes to the top.
That means something to me.
#MS #cycling #Ventoux

I love it here. Provence. I am hiding from the Sun a little now, it is a touch warm. But the view of Mont Ventoux remains utterly spellbinding. How can something that can be so cruel on long climb have…

Climbing Mont Ventoux by bike is personally really important.... It's not just another mountain.... I'll try to explain why...... #cycling #Ventoux

And then it was done. Ventoux climbed for a second time, marking the completion of the second challenge for this year and also a big personal landmark,, showing that last year was not a one-off, that I can take on…

Today is all about a rest. And cleaning the bike. A lot of dirt on the cassette and chain, not to mention the sticky residue of energy drink spillage. After Ventoux yesterday perhaps an anti-climax but necessary. A small piece…