Indulging a passion

I’m off on holiday next week – going to visit the girlfriend’s parents in Germany, but first – we’re going to be going to Belgium. Yep, we’re off to see some cyclocross!

Well, I AM going to be on holiday...

I did exactly the same last year, and wrote about it in our blog and really enjoyed myself. I have shockingly little experience of Belgium and the Netherlands, despite them being just over the Channel and every time I come over, I always vow to return again soon. Hopefully I’ll be able to get over a couple of times this year and see a couple of the spring classics and maybe ride one of the sportive events. How’s that for an excuse to get a new bike?

Let's see how they do it properly - spectating and racing alike...

The car is (mostly) serviced and has a new CD player after the last one went bonkers in the extreme cold. That’s about all we need, isn’t it? That and some Ginsters?
Well, hmm, that’s it. See you in a week!

Mr. Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's ex-Editor At Large

With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.

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