All things ice

In the heart of the Alps, JOE MACKIE upskills his trail technique and tastes the best of the Tour du Mont Blanc

When a race follows the route of the world’s longest downhill ski race – in reverse – you know the spectacular views will be hard-earned. Duncan Craig tackles the Alps’ fabled Inferno Half Marathon

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the best kind of bike ride is one that takes you from A to B, and if you can’t do that – typically because you need to end up back where you started – a loo

I can smell the hay now. Just cut. When farmers feverishly gathered one last crop before autumn. Sitting in England, writing about Switzerland, I am transported back to touring through some of Europe’

Google ‘Europe’s hardest cycling climb’ and Monte Zoncolan is bound to show up within the first handful of search results. It’s quite the billing to have, and for any cyclist it’s hard to ignore the c

Our journey from the UK to Norway was trouble-free, stopping over at plain but pleasant park-ups in Holland, Germany (twice), and finally Denmark. Boarding the ferry in Hirtshals, Denmark, we were exc