For when a weekend getaway or a city break just doesn't cut it, long-haul holidays are made for getting out of your comfort zone and exploring our beautiful and diverse world. Read this inspiring write-up by our guide and cycling journalist Hannah Reynolds about how nothing quite compares to cycling in far-flung destinations and get some of her top tips ...
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Twaddle Stories
Customer Story: Discovering Sri Lanka
Located in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is a diverse destination with an amazing range of experiences for such a small island. Whilst we could chat for hours about the beauty of this part of the world, we thought on this occasion we will let our customers do the talking! Here's a story from Sam Crooks, who ...
Celebrating women and cycling
Looking back one hundred years to when the first women were given the vote in the UK, it is worth recalling the famous words of Susan B Anthony, the US suffragist and abolitionist: "I'll tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in ...
Customer Story: Lofoten Islands
Norway's beautiful Lofoten Islands are often referred to as one of the most stunning spots on the planet and you are about to find out why. There’s so much culture, history and a whole range of otherworldly landscapes here that will simply leave you speechless, and the best way to truly take it all in is ...
Customer Story: Cycling Colombia
What is great about cycling holidays, is that they are always accompanied by a sweet sense of achievement when you complete the journey. And this is especially true on our fantastic (but challenging) road cycling holiday in Colombia. Our Customer Competition winner, Aileen Jamieson, just had a chance to experience it all first hand! Read her ...
Guide Profile: Alex Heron
Alex Heron joined us in 2016 after hearing great things about Saddle Skedaddle from his friends who guided and traveled with us before. And being a Jack-of-all-trades, Alex has since guided a number of Road, MTB, Family and Leisure cycling trips in the UK and France - including the iconic St Malo to Nice journey, which he ...
A Guide’s Perspective: Why We Love Climbing Mountains!
Riding a bike up a mountain, resisting gravity at every turn of the pedal, is not easy. But it is possible, for everyone, no matter how fit a cyclist you are. You might just be cutting your teeth on a gentle diet of one col a day, or feasting on a five course banquet of ...
Guide Profile: Laura McAuley
Laura joined Skedaddle in 2014 on a trip to the Scottish Highlands, and since then, she has guided this trip at least once every year with us! You can also spot her in France if you join one of our French road cycling holidays. In an effort to share more about our talented team with you all, we ...
Our Top 10 Cycling Cafés In The UK
Here at Saddle Skedaddle we are all about pedallin' and the café stop was always a big part of the cycling culture. And with the nation's love for cycling growing every day, today there’s plenty of brilliant cycling cafés around! But we wanted to highlight some of the stops we think go above and beyond and offer ...
Customer Story: Cuban photo diary
Our Customer Competition winner, Janet Brown, recently headed to Central America for a Cycling Adventure on the ever fascinating island of Cuba! Janet was so impressed with this photogenic destination that she sent us her insightful overview of the two weeks on the Caribbean’s most vibrant island full of cycling, history, cigars and old cars... 'As a ...