Beautiful poppies on the Somme. Always evocative to see these in such sacred ground. Join me in cycling these lanes #Somme #WW1 #FWW #1GM #cycling #bike #bikeride #outdoors #roadbike #cycle #ride #outside #outsideisfree #cyclinglife #theplacesweride #lanes #poppies

Lots of cycling tours with clients lined up for this year - Ypres, Arras, Somme, Cambrai & Breaking the Hindenburg Line. Out recceing next month and will ride a few new routes I’ve put together. Very much looking forward to getting back out on the battlefields. #WW1 #cycling

Lovely afternoon planning routes for clients who wanted two days cycling Ypres Salient & Messines Ridge with some of the climbs of Gent-Wevelgem thrown in for good measure. I can’t guide that weekend but have created a bespoke route for them to follow. #cycling #Ypres #Flanders

For those of you who like their #cycling and #WW1 battlefields, here’s my review of @masaccio60’s new book, RIDING IN THE ZONE ROUGE – The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 – Cycling’s Toughest-Ever Stage Race. Please take a look! https://t.co/1doAaPrZrL

At this time of the year I’m looking forwards to getting back out on the battlefields with clients. I’ve some great trips lined up for 2019 starting with a Somme/Arras/Cambrai bespoke group in May. More details https://t.co/dcwDJtf5hy #cycling #WW1 #betterbybike #ww1battlefields

Dropping into Martinpuich from High Wood. Just beautiful cycling autumnal conditions. #Somme #WW1 #cycling #bike #velo #outdoors

From Longueval to High Wood. Caterpillar Valley @CWGC just visible in the distance #Somme #WW1 #cycling #bike #velo #outdoors

A few more images from the weekend. Cycling up to Montauban from Mametz & passing Dantzig Alley British Cemetery #Somme #WW1 #cycling #bike #velo #outdoors

Off for my final cycling battlefield tour of the year this weekend - Somme and Arras this time around with seven people for a 40th birthday treat. Looking forward to getting back on the bike along the old front line #Somme #Arras #cycling #velo #bike #battlefields #WW1

Out on the bike on a beautiful Monday morning #cycling #bike #bikeride #outdoorsisfree

Thinking back to summer visits to the Amiens battlefield of August 1918. Here, we stopped at the beautiful Hillside Cemetery between Caix and Le Quesnel in the Canadian sector #cycling #battlefields #WW1 #outdoors #bikeride

A visit to Adanac Military Cemetery between Courcelette and Miraumont. a fascinating site right on the Canadian #Somme battlefield of October-November 1916. Note the Canadian maple leaf on the gate. #cycling #betterbybike #battlefields #WW1 #velo

Spent an amazing day cycling the Somme battlefields, following Cathie's great great uncle's last weeks. All made possible by the fantastic research and beautiful bike route put together by @jbanningww1 @cyclingthefront to whom we're incredibly grateful.

Really looking forward to taking my two kids and niece to see this tomorrow. Great to have the pros riding on roads I use (albeit a lot quicker!) @TourofBritain #cycling

Delighted that info and images on Cycling the Battlefields will be in the October issue of b.inspired, the the inflight magazine for Brussels Airlines. They are doing a section on Ypres in their 'Discover Belgium' feature. Hope it gets more people out #cycling!

A quick spin around the Somme late afternoon. I was struck by how close a new wind turbine will be to the Guards Memorial at Lesboeufs. See video. #Somme #cycling

Ah well, I wanted @tom_dumoulin to win but over the three weeks @GeraintThomas86 rode brilliantly. Congratulations to him and Sky. #TDF2018

In honour of today’s monstrous mountain stage of the #TDF2018 I’m wearing this T-shirt #cycling

Watching Stage 9 (Arras - Roubaix) of the Tour de France on a battlefield tour https://t.co/DUFRSavC4l via @cyclingthefront #WW1 #cycling

Today's the centenary of the Battle of Le Hamel on the Somme. A fascinating action involving a joint attack between the AIF & AEF with British support. 93 minutes to achieve all objectives. We visited the site and memorial on our recent cycling tour #Somme #WW1 #bike #cycling

Lovely evening for a bike ride around Gloucestershire’s lanes #bike #Bristol #weekdayride #bikeride #outdoors #roadbike #cycle #summerrides #ride #outside #outsideisfree #cyclinglife #theplacesweride #climbing #lanes #lanelife