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Beryl: In Search of Britainโ€™s Greatest Athlete

After a mid-winter break of a few weeks whilst I was busy editing the four episodes of Le Grand Tour films, the podcast returns in the New Year and the first episode of 2023 – number 062 – will feature a fascinating interview with the journalist Jeremy Wilson. He has written an award-winning book – none other than the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2022 – about the extraordinary life and cycling times of Beryl Burton. In the week before I spoke to Jeremy I spent many thoroughly enjoyable hours reading the book, making notes as I turned the pages in preparation for the interview. In this pre-podcast podcast post (OK, shameless publicity tease…) you can read what I jotted down. Those notes will hopefully whet your appetite for listening to episode 062 of The Cycling Europe Podcast which will be published on Sunday 1st January 2023. In the meantime… Happy Christmas!

Tenerife 2023

In February 2023, I headed back to the continent courtesy ofย Jet2Holidays. I suppose when I say โ€˜continentโ€™ I should clarify that the continent was Africa. Well, nearlyโ€ฆ Iโ€™d been asked to fly to Tenerife,ย one of Jet2Holidays โ€˜cyclingโ€™ destinations. Iโ€™ve never really been a package tour person but, then […]

Le Ride: Re-living The 1928 Tour De France

With suitably melodramatic background music and available on demand in the UK from June 25th… From the filmmakers: “LE RIDEย follows the story of the first English speaking team to ride in the toughest sporting event on earth, Theย Tour de France.ย  In 1928 a small under-resourced, untested team from […]