mountain bike holidays and the guides ramblings

It really was a family effort today. Martin helped us choose the beams and the wood for the bridge. Stefan, Martin and I then loaded up the tractor and took the wood to…

Well it shows that if you put your mind to something, things start to happen. Martin (Manus’s father) and I went round to our neighbours farm. He owns most of the wood that we want to…

It isn’t everyday that I’m asked to…’take this bucket of salt, find nine cows and feed it to them’. We were going up to our mountain hut and had arranged…

Take a look at an average family. Mum and Dad like to mountain bike, but they have also a couple of children. The parents still want to get that fix of adrenaline from the alpine descents. The children are wanting…

We are now up and running and the blog is in a good state to go live. It has now been running for about a week – haven’t run out of articles yet! I’m sure the posts will change over time…

Every year we are going to take on at least one ‘major’ project. This will depend on feedback from holiday guests, locals rider and the farmers in the area as well as whatever zany plans…

Mountain biking is seasonal over here in Austria. The season is relatively short, which has both its ups and downs. After a frantic winter season, the quieter pace…

So what do we do when we aren’t mountain biking and have a bit of spare time. Obviously, we find another adrenaline packed sport! Today, Manu’s cousin a very experienced climber and his partner took us over to…