If you’re looking for long distance cycle routes in the UK, you’ll likely have encountered the little blue and red signs marking the incredible National Cycle Network. For more than 30 years, Walk Wheel Cycle Trust has been the custodian of this network, developing and maintaining routes that make exploring the UK by bike more ...
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Cycling in the Pyrenees: A Tale of Two Journeys – France versus Spain
The majestic Pyrenees mountain range, forming a natural border between France and Spain, has long attracted cyclists seeking both challenge and charm. Cycling in the Pyrenees offers exhilarating road cycling adventures, with stunning landscapes, diverse climates, and rich culture to discover. Skedaddle offers two distinct road cycling holidays through this rugged terrain. The Trans Pyrenees ...
St Malo to Nice: The must-do electric bike tour in France
Since it was first created by Skedaddle guides Hannah Reynolds and John Walsh over 15 years ago, our St Malo to Nice adventure has gone on to become one of our most popular Iconic Journeys. For years, this epic French odyssey has wowed road cyclists on our ever popular 15-and 20-day tours. Now, for 2027, we’re excited to make this ...
Customer Story: Cycling Mont Ventoux and Alpe d’Huez
After a long hiatus, Paul rejoined us on a Skedaddle tour in the French Alps to conquer classic climbs, including cycling Mont Ventoux. Discover his highlights of this epic road cycling trip below. If there was a prize for the longest gap between Saddle Skedaddle holidays, I might just walk away with it. In the ...
Gallovidian Gravel – a New Gravel Scotland Adventure
Gravel riding in Scotland just got better! Gallovidian Gravel joins Cycling UK’s growing collection of long-distance must-ride routes. Since launching our gravel holiday range in 2023, we’ve sampled some of the best gravel riding in Scotland, so we were delighted to be involved in helping Cycling UK create a new off-road route in Dumfries and Galloway - 'Galloway Gravel Escape'. Working ...
Our official guide to the UK C2C – Coast to Coast ride
The C2C, also known as the Sea to Sea or Coast to Coast, is undoubtedly the UK’s best-loved challenge ride and attracts a vast array of enthusiastic cyclists each year to take on its legendary ups and downs. This rewarding multi-day coast to coast adventure has become somewhat of a rite of passage for us here in the ...
6 Reasons To Cycle In Sweden
Following our hugely popular leisure cycling holiday in Sweden, the Coastal Kattegattleden, we're excited to introduce a brand new leisure cycling holiday exploring Stockholm's Archipelago. Read on to learn more about our two tours and six reasons why you'll love cycling in Sweden. Stockholm’s Archipelago This 7-day self-guided trip with 5 riding days explores Sweden’s ...
7 things you’ll love about your cycling holiday in Italy…
With over cycling holidays (and counting) brought to you by our passionate Skedaddle Italia team, Italy is a world-class destination where we are always excited for folk to explore on two wheels! Always eager to share our local knowledge, we caught up with Naomi, who heads up our team out in Italy. Here are just ...
The lowdown on legendary Skedaddle picnics
Skedaddle picnics are without doubt legendary! We take picnics very very seriously. Our guides are highly trained professional picnic makers and inter-guide rivalry keeps picnic standards high. So what are the 5 key ingredients in a great Skedaddle picnic, we hear you ask? VarietyEvery day has to be different with a mix of new surprises and ...
E-bikes and Skedaddle holidays – everything you need to know
There’s no doubt that e-bikes are growing in popularity and here at Skedaddle we’ve seen a huge uptake of e-bikes on our cycle holidays over the past year. We caught up with Skedaddle guide and e-bike fanatic, Steve, to find out more and answer some of your burning questions around e-bikes and how to have ...
Skedaddle Gravel Riding Guide To Scotland
If gravel biking is about adventure, wilderness and exploring remote places, then you simply can’t beat gravel riding in Scotland! Outside the major cities, there are few roads connecting the towns and glens, but head off the tarmac on a two-wheeled adventure in Scotland, and you’ll discover a whole natural playground of hidden coastlines, ancient Caledonian pine forests, shimmering lochs, heather-clad hills and deep mountain valleys. Not to mention the traces of centuries-old historic sites, castles and old drover’s ...
Customer Story – An Iconic Journey Across Spain and Portugal
The Trans Iberia is our newest end-to-end road cycling tour, from Barcelona to Porto through the heart of Spain and Portugal. We caught up with our biggest iconic journeys fan, Russ, who recently completed this brand new tour for 2026. Having already taken on some of our most epic rides, Russ shares his highlights from ...
Iconic Fitness – How to Prepare To Ride 1000 Miles
What exactly is an 'Iconic Journey'? We didn’t name this collection of trips lightly, they really are iconic. Epic in both their scale and challenge, each Iconic Journey typically spans 1,000 miles, crossing entire countries and presenting a substantial physical challenge rewarded with breathtaking landscapes and fresh experiences at every turn. With Iconic Journeys in ...
9 things you’ll only understand if you’ve been cycling in France…
France is one of those classic cycling destinations we think everyone should experience at some point in their life. Not only is it home to world-class cuisine, spellbinding heritage and some of the most beautiful landscapes imaginable, it’s also the spiritual home of cycling. That’s right, you won’t find anywhere where the humble bicycle is more celebrated! Having guided countless French cycling holidays ...
The Story Behind: Sardinia Coast to Coast by Mountain Bike
We catch up with Naomi, head of Skedaddle Italia and pictured below, to learn more about our very first cycling holiday in Italy, which is just as popular today as it was 25 years ago! Here is the story behind the Sardinia Coast to Coast Mountain Bike Holiday. What makes Sardinia such a great mountain ...