Pyrenees Day 1 Col de Peyresourde and Col d'Aspin
Feature by Sam Burrows After a Covid enforced hiatus, the annual Fiasco mountain trip was back. The planning committee had settled on the...
JOGLE 2019
John O’Groats – Land’s End: Duncan Pike, Anthony Egan and Richard Price Glasgow – Gloucester: David Long Wigan – Gloucester: Jim Wynn...
Majorca
When an email arrived advertising the Easyjet sale, I naturally hovered over it ready to delete. On this occasion I paused, took one look...
Pyrenees 2018
I have some good news, Fiascii, after a lengthy Committee debate, the next Autumn club mountain trip will be to the wonderful Pyrenees,...
The Chairman in the Austrian Mountains
Can I claim a Fiasco first? I love summer. It means slightly better weather, the odd glorious morning and hollibobs. This year Famille...
La Tourette - D Minus 2
We have quorum of 14 participants, an eclectic mix of Fiasco regulars and old friends from the Bordeaux run. Like the Bordeaux trip, the...
My Rig: Lapierre Sensium 400
When researching my first road bike purchase, I went round the houses for three months but eventually came back to the first one I fell...
Three days, four mountains*
Première partie. [RP] First up a confession. The title of this tale was supposed to be ‘Two days, four mountains.’ Mainly because the...
Alpe D’Huez
Personally I was pretty revved up about the prospect of The Alpe, so the fact we took a mechanically induced overnight breather was a big...
Chamois Cream – part 1
Back when I was a lad I used to scoff at the mere mention of chamois cream. Incredibly this was in spite of me owning a pair of cycling...
