Happy new year y’all. Yes, it’s a few days later than other blogs, but VCG has always been a bit different… and its actually been quite nice to have a few days not in front of the screen. Anyway, I’ve said goodbye to the trash fire that was 2016. It’s good to see the back of it, but also worth remembering that not ALL of it was an abysmal mess. Some of the rubbish I experienced brought good stuff. I guess it’s a bit like using horse manure in your garden… a lot of shit gets sprinkled on your surroundings, but when roses grow out of it, it ain’t so […]

A blog post I did over on Vulpine, and a piece written by the wonderful Lauren Laverne in Glamour Magazine this month has given me food for thought on this entry. A round-up of my year on the saddle isn’t an unusual post for me to do, but this time I’m going to be a bit more honest about what some of these things really meant to me and why it’s cool to celebrate those achievements. PUSHING BOUNDARIES On the bike: As much as I’ve dabbled in different kinds of cycling, my “big one” on two wheels was taking on Eroica Britannia and L’Eroica in Tuscany. Although they were not […]