Dave has written two cycling books, Tales of a Centurion in 2016 and My Tour of Wessex in 2018. He is the rider behind the Cycling Centurions Strava club.
2023-05-25 09:29:53 - That's right, we're in Spaghetti Western country where Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef strutted their stuff back in the sixties. Roll on to 2023 and four Brits, three...
2021-01-04 13:01:21 - You may already know that British cycling brand Orro manufacture a range of road, urban and gravel bikes; you may also know they sponsor a sportive - the Orro Sussex...
2020-10-14 10:50:01 - During these difficult times, we're being encouraged to help the local economy by shopping at independent stores in our neighbourhood. But does that really work for...
2019-06-16 23:36:59 - Mont Ventoux, aka 'The Bald Mountain', dominates the skyline for miles around. She stands a vertical mile above the plains of Provence, a majestic goddess, daring mere...
2019-04-29 13:49:10 - The reverberating chime of crystals, combined with the vibration of phone against wood, roused me from my deep slumber. My four-o-clock alarm signalled a rather...
2019-02-14 11:11:39 - Outside it was wet and cold. Mother Nature was being her usual mischievous self, inflicting yet another miserable February morning on us. Staying in wasn't an option,...
2018-09-25 15:55:29 - Distal biceps femoris tendinopathy? Nope, I'd never heard of it either, but it's the injury that's been plaguing me since the turn of the year. That pesky inflammation...
2018-05-04 11:46:10 - After months of ignoring a niggly pain on the outside of my knee, the time had come to finally do something about it. Armed with the latest advice from Google and a 4mm...
2017-11-01 09:08:20 - The silence of the night is broken by a rattling at the door, the familiar sound of metal against metal as a key turns to open the lock. I hold my breath as the steel...
2017-10-16 12:16:47 - It's an overcast and rather chilly start to this Sunday morning in early October. The anticipated autumnal sunshine is nowhere to be seen as grey clouds dominate the...
2017-09-28 07:30:00 - I have few adversaries when I ride, in fact there are only three: the clock, hills and the weather. There are no timing chips on the Tour de Norfolk, and the county is...
2017-09-12 22:02:42 - I'm standing at the summit of Hautacam, a ski resort in the Midi-Pyrénées. I'm only 1,500 metres above sea level, but I feel on top of the world... having just spent...
2017-08-18 06:30:00 - "London calling to the faraway towns..." The familiar lyric barks out from the sound system as if to beckon myself and fellow townies. "Engines stop running, but I have...