David Hall, our road cycling product manager, was recently interviewed by a Colombian named Klaus regarding the quality of cycling within the South American nation. The following extract comes from his blog, the Cycling Inquisition, which is exclusively about cycling within the context of Colombia. Read below to find out what David had to say: All ...
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Out of Africa: Biking in Botswana
Our biking trip to South Africa & Botswana is a holiday like no other! With daily routes taking you into the heart of Africa's game reserves, and with plenty of opportunity to spot one, or all, of the big 5, our biking trip here is the perfect trip for nature and landscape lovers looking for an ...
Skedaddle Espana
Our team down in Andalucía is headed up by Dan Hirst, who cut his teeth in the north of the country guiding on the Camino de Santiago and the Picos before deciding to ‘hang his helmet’ in the south and make Tarifa home for himself, his family and Skedaddle España. For those of you who’ve ...
A Honeymoon with a Difference!
Our July monthly competition winner goes to newlywed Emma Temple for her great honeymoon entry! Its not everyday we see a cyclist with veil trailing in the wind and the snap above certainly raised a few smiles round the office. Emma will receive £250 worth of Skedaddle vouchers and will also be entered into our ...
Get Your Kicks on Route 72
Skedaddler Juliet England did it the Roman Way and rekindled a love of cycling with a three-day ride from Bowness to Tynemouth. Here's what happened when she took on Hadrian's Cycleway, one of our leisure cycling holidays, earlier this year: A chilly, persistently drizzly Saturday morning in Bowness, Cumbria, and it’s been an early start ...
Our man in Havana
"One careful owner?" As the door to the plane is pushed open, a waft of warm humid air rushes up the aisle, engulfing everyone on board. An hour earlier, the captain had been onto the intercom to say he’d be putting on the seat belts sign soon and giving us a bit of prior warning ...
Pro Cycling in the Pyrenees!
Our very own road cyclist guru Kerry and her husband James Ashberry both travelled to the Pyrenees in April to sharpen up their cycling skills on our Pyrenees fitness week! This is a fantastic trip for any keen road cyclist and it seems even ditching the hot sunshine of Majorca (the couple's usual road destination ...
Langdon: Nice to Mont Ventoux Challenge!
We recently helped organise a bespoke charity trip to France for a group of 40 cyclists who were looking to take on the infamous Mont Ventoux...otherwise known as the beast of Provence. Ventoux is a classic climb in the Tour de France race and a very challenging ride for any cyclist to complete, so this ...
Bilbao to Barcelona – Una Vuelta Del Norte
There's no denying social media's place in our everyday lives and it seems we can now even chart our day to day holiday experience with just the click of a finger! One recent Skedaddler did just this and created a Storify blog on twitter, updating us with regular posts as the holiday was happening during ...
Having a Wheely Great Time – Cycling in Brittany with Skedaddle
Just across the English Channel lies Brittany a place that is simply bursting with cycling opportunities all waiting your arrival. Whilst it is the starting point for our two week cycling tour that goes from St. Malo to Nice, it is also a place where you are able to do a much gentler cycling holiday.Starting ...
It seemed like a good idea at the time…
Rod Lees and his group of friends from Australia recently completed a bespoke trip visiting the First World War memorials in Northern France and Belgium. Here's his story from the trip... Well, somebody must have thought it was a good idea at the time, as they actually tried to carry it out. It was to ...
BikeRight! Ladies do the Hadrian’s Cycleway
Total Womens Cycling magazine recently featured an article about a group of women from BikeRight! (residents of the Cycle Hub) who completed the Hadrian's Cycleway route over 3 days. Here's their account of the 174-mile adventure... What could be more fun? 8 women riding the route of Hadrian’s Wall together in the balmy post-Easter sunshine, combining ...
Hadrian’s Cycleway – Self-Guided holiday in Northern England
Sheep, Walls and Roman Sites. A UK Cycling Holiday beside Hadrian's Wall Cycleway and the along the Coast to Coast (Sustrans C2C Cycling Route) . A story as featured in the Boston Globe by Diane Daniels, who cycled with Saddle Skedaddle. Diane opted to cycle with all her own gear, but if you want an ...
A Raid Alpine story by Carolanne
Skedaddle's Raid Alpine tour starts in the alpine town of Thonon Les Bains close to the Swiss border and ends 740km later in Antibes by the shores of the Mediterranean. As one of Skedaddle's tougher trips, it's a grade 5 trip. My cycling reached a new level this year, I was participating in sportives and doing time trials within ...
South Africa and Botswana Mountain Bike Holiday Story
Rule number one of camping in the wild: don't presume the wild animal attacking your toes is the hyena that wandered through the camp earlier in the evening. In all likelihood it is the poor sucker who drew the 01h00-01h45 shift, waking you for your 45 minutes sitting as close as you can to the ...