Kitzbühel, a ski resort village for the über wealthy, and fabulous riding -including a picturesque 10km climb over Pass Thurn - for us mere cycle tourists. The place is gorgeous, soaring mountains, lederhosen everywhere, cobbled streets and a Louis Vuitton store, because you never know when you might need a designer handbag after a hard day hiking, mountain biking or skiing. Halfway up the climb I'm overtaken by two sinewy guys on roadbikes. A support car follo...

The reason for our being in Werfen, 50km south of Salzburg, is so Wobbly Wheels can go see the world's biggest icecaves. I'm excited too but nothing matches a man's passion for caves, mountains and all things Man vs Wild like. The Eisriesenwelt is a walk, a bus, a walk, a cable car and another walk up the mountain 1641m high in the Tennengebirge range overlooking the Salzach Valley. The caves are 40km long but tourists can wander through about a kilometer of ice....

Once upon a time in a land far far away, let's call it Austria, there was a very successful chef called Karl, who ran a small 11-room castle. And while the castle was well-renowned the crown jewel was his kitchen for which he'd received two Michelin stars. People came from all over to sample Chef Karl's cuisine, stay in his castle and savour his 'legendary' breakfast, which some people paid 35€ each for. One day Prince Wobbly and his second wife, the beautiful ...

We've ridden 16km and stopped for lunch. Emotional eating, we're happy, so we eat and we laugh. Mostly at each other. Wobbly Wheels: 'Oh look real pumpkin seeds', pointing to his salad. Legs11: 'As opposed to?' Wobbly Wheels: 'Plastic ones.' God love him. At home stopping at 16km for a break would be laughable. And we haven't climbed any mountains or struggled with traffic or bad weather in fact today is close to perfect. This is what we came for, fabulous r...

I will never know the best cycle route in the world, my legs will run out of steam before I get there, in the meantime I think yesterday came close to being cycle utopia. I didn't think my love for the Pyrenees would be surpassed or the beauty of Annecy or Lake Como bettered but this could very well be it. Fabulous roads, signposted cycle routes, great weather and unsurpassed physical beauty. It was breathtaking awe-inspiring and everything you dream if discoveri...