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We start with a local perspective - that's our philosophy.
Whether abroad, or just as importantly at home, the start point is the same; how to get the most enjoyable holiday for our customers while benefiting the local people, economy and respecting their environment and their culture.
Spending the weekend biking in the lakes in a great way to take a short break on your bike without the need to fly abroad and is a brilliant way to explore the lesser known tracks and trails.
Steve, our guide in the lakes, has over 20 years experience and has a great relationship and understanding with landowners to ensure we responsibly access this national park and choose low impact trails. We support the training of all our guides to MIAS level 2.
During our weekends in the lakes we use independent, locally run B&Bs and Guesthouses, eat in local restaurants and pubs such the Costas Tapas Bar, The Royal in Penrith and The George in Keswick. We supply our bikers with picnics and snacks sourced from local shops such as Cranstons based in Penrith. This helps to put money and business back into the local economy.
We encourage train travel to our weekends in the lakes and offer a free pick-up service from Penrith station. Being only 3 hours by train from London, this is a quicker and more environmentally friendly form of travel to enjoy our weekends by. We deliberately keep our group sizes to a maximum of 12-15 people to minimise the environmental impact.
For all our trips we off-set emissions for staff and guide flights, office energy and vehicle usage and recycle our office waste. We offer all our customers with the opportunity to off-set their emission for flights.
Voted one of the Best Tour Operators in two categories in the Guardian / Observer Travel Awards 2010.
Voted in February 2010, by The Guardian newspapers list of experts as one of the top 75 outstanding green travel companies in the Guardian Green Travel List 2010.
Having stayed in touch since primary school, Andy and Paul decided to cycle around South America in 1994. Andy was a keen cyclist but Paul hadn’t been on a bike since doing his paper round. They didn’t have an itinerary and used military maps to navigate through the desert. They had so much fun and met such amazing people that they agreed to set up a cycling tour company together. Andy says their trips create a flexible and intimate way to travel and absorb the local culture and, whats more, you never forget how to cycle – it’s just like riding a bike!
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