King stage today! I wake up excited to see blue skies again and the temperature is the best so far of the trip, which considering our elevation and late fall disposition is pretty damn good.We take a somewhat shorter ride this morning to the trail head today. Lucas has us deposited efficiently trail-side before either of us can really wake up. We have our nature moment of the day before we even get started. We’re getting organized when a young boar and his little deer friend go chasing across

It’s a wet, blustery November morning at Gatwick Airport and I’m sitting in a windowless departure lounge for an EasyJet flight and looking forward to getting up and on our way. Papers are full of the news that Trump might win, even though we know already that he has in fact already won and the world has changed a little bit overnight.I’m en route to Malaga for three days mountain biking with Howard who is the owner of an amazing mountain and road bike tour company. The company tour is operated