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Some statistics about our tour around France

“Did you lose weight?”. “I doubt it!” Well, I was surprised to find out that I had! (See image) (Kate had also lost a little, 1.5kg) My resting heartrate is usually about 50 - 52. Having finishe ........

The person on the back that sits around doing nothing - The Stoker

If you don’t ride a tandem, you may not know what a Stoker is. It’s simple, it’s the rider at the back of the tandem. The rider at the front is the pilot (or Captain). Riding at the rear, the Stoker i ........

Why Snails around France is about a tandem cycle.

The book is about a 7,000km ride round France on our tandem.A few years ago this might not have seemed possible, this article in Cycling Weekly explains what happened to Kate.IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH ........

Snails around France routes and photos

You will come across ‘SaF’ which is just short for Snail around France.As we travelled around France on our tandem I did a daily Facebook post to show the route we had taken, photos of some things we ........