Dreams that turn to reality are so precious. Kit Connal’s life has motivated us on our cycle tours and now we tell our own story. These are our stories of family, friends and cycling. Where we have cycled, how we do it and plans we have. We hope they inspire you to plan and 'Go Explore' creating your own adventures on and off the bike. Just Ride. We'd love to hear your stories too. Each of these 4 categories have many stories.
Western Australian Tours and our most recent European 2023 ABC Cycle Tour See YouTube Kit Connal.
* Cycle Touring Stories to Inspire: A collection of stories from our earlier cycling tours including Scotland, England, Spain, France, Czech, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Adelaide.
* Our Background Stories: Stories of family, history, where we live, how we started and why the wolf is important.
* Cycle Touring Information to Help: Where to cycle in Dunsborough, guide to planning a cycling tour, a shelved 2020 plan, cycle touring gear.
Cycling Tour Spain, France, the Pyrenees. The first Connal Cycling Tour. Discovering the Basque Country, the Pyrenees, the wine region of Rioja, food heaven at Extebarri, Col du Tourmalet, Col de Tentes, Guernica, Guggenheim Bilbao, Picasso, Salvador Dali, Barcelona. Rugged coastlines and mountains to climb. Just ride.
Cycling and exploring from our base in Quimper, Brittany. We explored the coastal fishing towns and the historical Breton villages. Cycled the greenways, tasted the cidre and sardines, viewed the light houses, went to the fish market, and soaked up the atmosphere of this proud and traditional part of France.
Cycling Adventure Switzerland – 7 Days. 4 Countries, 3 Lakes, 8 friends. Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany. A cycling adventure to capture the essence of the Swiss countryside, taking in the history, culture, creativity, beauty, tastes, sounds and smells of central Europe on the back roads of Switzerland.
A cycling excursion into the Bavarian Alps, Germany, in the mountains of the Oberallgäu region, very close to the Austrian border. Setting out on a crisp morning along the valley of the Ostrach River, which was “picture book beautiful”, we were lulled into a sense that this would be a casual kind of ride. We just followed our friends who were taking us for an adventure into the Allgäu High Alps nature reserve.
Cycling Vienna, Austria to Prague, Czech Republic, Europe. A 7 day bicycle tour visiting some of the most delightful areas of Moravia and southern Bohemia and bookended with two of the most beautiful and interesting cities you can imagine. 4 West Australians making our first foray into a self-guided cycling tour.
Cycling in the Austrian Tirol – Kitzbühel. A delightful day of mountain magic. A self guided cycle tour in the Austrian Alps with warm sunshine, lush green meadows, soaring mountains, crystal clear blue skies and icy waters. Witnessing the locals enjoy their playground on the water and enjoying the local foods. Some more family history bringing us into this area near Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria.
January was the annual pilgrimage to Adelaide for the 2020 Santos Tour Down Under. Nine keen cyclists from Dunsborough made the journey. The standing rule: What goes down in Adelaide stays in Adelaide! We decided to road trip from Dunsborough in Western Australia to Adelaide. Eight days of driving, seven days of cycling in Adelaide. A Pop Up Shop in the village. Thankyou South Australia.
A cycling holiday in the heart of Burgundy, France. The sights, sounds, smells and tastes brought pure joy to our hearts as we slowly pedalled and explored the region by bike around the town of Beaune and villages of Bligney-les-Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Santenay, Nantoux, Nuits St Georges and further afield. A week of cycling this beautiful region and sampling the wine and food of Burgundy.
Hooked on cycle touring with one day in the Czech Republic. At the time we didn’t realise this would be just the beginning of many more cycle tours. This sunny spring Saturday, 22ndMay 2010, was our very first experience of cycle touring in Europe. We had travelled by train to Františkovy Lázně in the Cheb District to discover some family history from 1948 and an escape into Germany.
