The name's Sport, Capital Sport

You have been assigned a mission to uncover the secrets of Kent.  Intelligence tells us some of the best cycling in the UK can be found in this well known but seldom visited area.  Q will supply you with the latest in hybrid bikes and detailed route directions.  Book a place on the Luxury Coast to Capital tour beginning in Dover where you can explore the secret tunnels left over from the cold war.  Watch out for those pesky Ruskies! Nearby is St Margerets Bay the former home of Ian Fleming and location for some of the scenes in Moonraker.  The Red Lion at St Margarets at Cliffe was one of Fleming's regular haunts and is mentioned in Goldfinger as a place Bond liked to frequent.  It is now home to a fabulous collection of Bond memorabillia and the best Martinins in the county.  Don't overdo it or you may feel a little too shaken and stirred. Continue your tour through the pretty seaside town of Sandwich, passed the towering Cathedral at Canterbury, the fascinating dockyard at Chatham then on to London where M will be waiting to be briefed on your mission. Good luck!
St. Margaret's Bay featured in Fleming's Moonraker
St. Margaret's Bay featured in Fleming's Moonraker

And the cycling holiday award goes to.....

Awards are jolly nice things to have.  We have been lucky to have been given a few and it certainly swells the heart with pride to put that certificate on the wall.  Blowing ones' own trumpet is de riguer when presented with an award and the hotels we use for our tours are not slow to do so.  Recently we have been sent several emails informing us of gongs most gratefully received.  As they are for hotels and areas we have picked out as being the best for our cycling holidays, it affirms what we already knew.

For example Cotswold House in Chipping Campden has just been awarded Spa of the Year by Laterooms.  We include this hotel on many of our luxury Cotswolds tours including "Cotswolds and Stonhenge".  Lucknam Park near Chippenham was given the Travellers Choice award in the Spa section by Trip Advisor  and is a favourite with our clients looking for the 5 star treatment on our Simply The Best tour.  The Cotswolds Inns group won small hotel group of the year from the AA and own several stunning hotels in this highly popular and frequently booked area.  London topped the Conde Nast vote for Best City and Devon claimed silver in the Best Holiday County category in the British Travel Awards. Neither of these came as much of a surprise but both offer fabulous cycling and accommodation and so are perfect for our clients.

As the year draws to a close there will be more plaudits to come for sure.  Hopefully we will need to make some room in the trophy cabinet.