Holiday companies?

Rob Oldfield said:

Any ideas gratefully received.

Have you tried the CTC Tours?

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Rob Oldfield said:

Any ideas gratefully received.

Have you tried the CTC Tours?

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Yes. The Germany one is CTC.

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Rob Oldfield said:

Any ideas gratefully received.

Have you tried the CTC Tours?

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Yes. The Germany one is CTC.

And just to add to that... I'm thinking of maybe CTC one (Transylania in
June maybe), but was looking for more alternatives.

Rob Oldfield said:

I'm trying to find a holiday for this summer and, despite spending a
lot of time with Google, aren't getting anywhere. Anyone have any
good companies who ideally....

- do an organised group thing.
- do a decent distance. I've found some that do an average of maybe
30 miles per day. 60-80 would be more my thing.
- reasonably cushy and supported. I've already got a couple of fully
laden weeks in Germany booked for August so could do with some
luxury. (Although by 'luxury' I mean not having to carry my own
stuff, camping isn't a problem.)
- Italy would be my favourite destination, but anywhere reasonably
warm.
- cheap and plentiful beer.
- the odd decent sized mountain.

Any ideas gratefully received.

How about Graham Baxters Sportingtours trip to the Vuelta in September, its
not cheap,but is good value for what you get. You can see the race as well
as the cycling between stages ( if you want). 4 & 5 star hotels all the way
and race accreditation. And of course you get to meet me !!!

Jan

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Rob Oldfield said:

I'm trying to find a holiday for this summer and, despite spending a
lot of time with Google, aren't getting anywhere. Anyone have any
good companies who ideally....

- do an organised group thing.
- do a decent distance. I've found some that do an average of maybe
30 miles per day. 60-80 would be more my thing.
- reasonably cushy and supported. I've already got a couple of fully
laden weeks in Germany booked for August so could do with some
luxury. (Although by 'luxury' I mean not having to carry my own
stuff, camping isn't a problem.)
- Italy would be my favourite destination, but anywhere reasonably
warm.
- cheap and plentiful beer.
- the odd decent sized mountain.

Any ideas gratefully received.

How about Graham Baxters Sportingtours trip to the Vuelta in September,

its

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not cheap,but is good value for what you get. You can see the race as well
as the cycling between stages ( if you want). 4 & 5 star hotels all the

way

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and race accreditation. And of course you get to meet me !!!

Jan

Just had a quick look and it does look interesting. Definitely a
possibility.

Rob Oldfield said:

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Rob Oldfield said:

I'm trying to find a holiday for this summer and, despite spending a
lot of time with Google, aren't getting anywhere. Anyone have any
good companies who ideally....

- do an organised group thing.
- do a decent distance. I've found some that do an average of maybe
30 miles per day. 60-80 would be more my thing.
- reasonably cushy and supported. I've already got a couple of
fully laden weeks in Germany booked for August so could do with some
luxury. (Although by 'luxury' I mean not having to carry my own
stuff, camping isn't a problem.)
- Italy would be my favourite destination, but anywhere reasonably
warm.
- cheap and plentiful beer.
- the odd decent sized mountain.

Any ideas gratefully received.

How about Graham Baxters Sportingtours trip to the Vuelta in
September, its not cheap,but is good value for what you get. You can
see the race as well as the cycling between stages ( if you want). 4
& 5 star hotels all the way and race accreditation. And of course
you get to meet me !!!

Jan

Just had a quick look and it does look interesting. Definitely a
possibility.

We'll be on our 5th Vuelta trip with Graham this year. I have priced up
other similar trips, and Grahams prices come in considerably cheaper, The
cyclists always seem to be happy with the standard of cycling on offer.
Marcelino Garcia ( ex CSC) guides the harder rides. And there is usually a
couple of options available.

Jan

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How about Graham Baxters Sportingtours trip to the Vuelta in
September, its not cheap,but is good value for what you get. You can
see the race as well as the cycling between stages ( if you want). 4
& 5 star hotels all the way and race accreditation. And of course
you get to meet me !!!

Jan

Just had a quick look and it does look interesting. Definitely a
possibility.

We'll be on our 5th Vuelta trip with Graham this year. I have priced up
other similar trips, and Grahams prices come in considerably cheaper, The
cyclists always seem to be happy with the standard of cycling on offer.
Marcelino Garcia ( ex CSC) guides the harder rides. And there is usually a
couple of options available.

Jan

The Vuelta does look very good. And it can't be bad if you're going back
for a 5th time. Problems are that it starts only a week and a half after my
other holiday ends and I already have another horribly expensive trip
planned. But definitely one for the future I think. Quite possibly next
year.

The rest of the site is also good. The Riccione weeks are tempting me, have
you tried any of those? I actually asked a local shop owner if he knew of
any the other day, and he also mentioned Riccione.

Rob Oldfield said:

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> How about Graham Baxters Sportingtours trip to the Vuelta in
> September, its not cheap,but is good value for what you get. You
> can see the race as well as the cycling between stages ( if you
> want). 4 & 5 star hotels all the way and race accreditation. And
> of course you get to meet me !!!
>
> Jan
>

Just had a quick look and it does look interesting. Definitely a
possibility.

We'll be on our 5th Vuelta trip with Graham this year. I have
priced up other similar trips, and Grahams prices come in
considerably cheaper, The cyclists always seem to be happy with the
standard of cycling on offer. Marcelino Garcia ( ex CSC) guides the
harder rides. And there is usually a couple of options available.

Jan

The Vuelta does look very good. And it can't be bad if you're going
back for a 5th time. Problems are that it starts only a week and a
half after my other holiday ends and I already have another horribly
expensive trip planned. But definitely one for the future I think.
Quite possibly next year.

The rest of the site is also good. The Riccione weeks are tempting
me, have you tried any of those? I actually asked a local shop owner
if he knew of any the other day, and he also mentioned Riccione.

No, The Vuelta is the only trip we can squeeze in !! I have met others
who've done training week trips, all I can say is folks seem to make return
visits.

Jan

Rob Oldfield said:

I'm trying to find a holiday for this summer and, despite spending a lot
of
time with Google, aren't getting anywhere. Anyone have any good companies
who ideally....

- do an organised group thing.

Yep.

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- do a decent distance. I've found some that do an average of maybe 30
miles per day. 60-80 would be more my thing.

45 miles per day too much?

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- reasonably cushy and supported. I've already got a couple of fully
laden
weeks in Germany booked for August so could do with some luxury.
(Although by 'luxury' I mean not having to carry my own stuff, camping
isn't a problem.)

Not sure how well supported, looks OK

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- Italy would be my favourite destination, but anywhere reasonably warm.

The altitude might be a bit of a problem when it comes to warmth, but it's
not cold.

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- cheap and plentiful beer.

Cusqueña and Arepequeña are cheap and plentiful...

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- the odd decent sized mountain.

Are the Andes big enough?

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Any ideas gratefully received.

http://www.redspokes.co.uk/Peru%20cycling%20holidays.htm

I've been to many of the places in the tour, and they are definitely worth
seeing. I've not ridden a bike in Peru though. I think I'd avoid riding in
Lima, it looks as bad as I've seen anywhere for driving.

I've no idea whether the holiday company is any good, it looks reasonably
priced.
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Chris

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Exchange Server next.

I booked their Karakouram Highway trip five years ago after it got a
review in the Graudian, nice folk, seemed well organised and they gave
us all a 100% refund when the Yanks started bombing Afghanistan. The
Graudian reviewed another one of their tours not too long ago too
(Thaliand / Laos from memory). All their trips look more suitable for
off road, touring types rather than roadies.