Grey skies greeted Courtney and I as we headed out on the bikes for Courtney's training session. A quick dash up Regent Street to Regents Park got us warmed up before Courtney launched into some time trial work followed by a fairly cruisey ride back to the apartment, ready to join Wendy and Mitchell for the remainder of the day. Our plans were fairly flexible today as you would expect when on holidays, but we managed to fill the day with a beautiful lunch with ...

After a decent sleep, Wendy headed out for a run around Hyde Park while Courtney, Mitchell and I headed over to Richmond Park on the road bikes. Not having ridden there for over ten years, I had forgotten just how big and beautiful the park is. Within moments of passing through the gate, we were greeted by hoards of deer grazing by the side of the road. It was very satisfying riding the park with the kids, who when we were last here ten years ago were barely...

A beautiful London summer's day greeted us this morning and we set about making the most of it. After unsuccessfully attempting to hire a bike for Courtney to train on at the Rapha shop in London, we eventually found a bike shop willing to hire a bike to a 16 year old girl, down by the Borough Market, making the trip there on the bike share bikes. It was quite euphoric riding the streets of London on our bikes. It was not something we did when we lived here ...

Thirty odd hours of travel is hard work. After a layover of eight hours in Hong Kong to stretch our legs and savour a bit of local food, we eventually arrived back at the airport only to find our 1am flight had been delayed by a further 2 hours. As you could guess, by this stage we were exhausted and the picture of Mitchell passed out on the departure lounge seats says it all. We eventually arrived into London at 8.30am Sunday morning (London time) after mor...