Bike Tour Technology – The Hammerhead Karoo.
The Hammerhead Karoo – Bike Tour GPS Technology We are always looking to step up any aspect of our Bike tours. One thing I […]
Plantagenets – Flowers, Lionheart and Royal Houses
Tour History and after our newsletter, a few people understandably asked what colour is Plantagenet! Disclaimer: If you are watching that series […]
Passo San Boldo
Historical, unique and simply an amazing climb. We ride this beautiful road day 3 on Lionheart as we head into the Dolomites. The most […]
Lionheart Cycling Tours Rich History
Tour History and Pierre Basile, the boy knight and killer of England’s most famous king! – Lionheart Cycling Tour As King Richard […]
Tour History and the Hannibal Bike Odyssey gets a look in as I’ve just moved to Barcelona!
Tour History and Hannibal gets a look in as I’ve just moved to Barcelona! There is a theory that Barcelona is actually named after Hannibal’s adopted ‘family’ name Barca (coined the ‘Barcids’ by modern writers. In general Carthaginians only had one name and the options seemed in short supply!
Australia East Coast Tour
We start our Australia East Coast tour on July the 5th. Thanks to all of our hosts from Newcastle to Wagga, Sydney to Hobart, Young to Maleny! We are really looking forward to it!
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle – the most impressive castle in the world? We also visit some battle worn castles such as where Lionheart himself was imprisoned in Durnstein on the Danube….
Tour History – Hannibal is in the news for the first time in 2000 years due to some horse poo being found on one of the passes over Alps!
Tour History – Hannibal is in the news for the first time in 2000 years due to some horse poo being found on one of the passes over Alps! So for literally hundreds of years people argued over where Hannibal crossed the Alps.
Bike Odyssey Tour History – Hannibal and the bloodiest battle ever in history …Cannae, Italy
Tour History – Hannibal and the bloodiest battle ever in history …Cannae. A slightly horrific way to start the New Year… A day when 70,000 men were killed….this figure stands as the most men killed in a single day’s battle, the equivalent of the nuclear bomb’s death toll at Hiroshima and this was all hand to hand combat.
Bike Tour History – Hannibal and his Elephants…over the Alps
Tour History – Hannibal and his Elephants…over the Alps…. Hannibal is best known for crossing Europe’s biggest mountain chain, the Alps, into Italy with about fifty thousand men and forty elephants.