French Pyrenees women only cycling tour

What better way to travel sustainably than by exploring an area by bicycle? Our tour across the Pyrenees will see riders pedal over 640 environmentally-friendly kilometres each. Travel to the start and end points of the tour by train is encouraged as a more energy efficient mode of transport compared to car/air travel. Although we will be providing a support van, we will choose one that is as fuel efficient as possible and ensure that the shortest routes are taken between destinations.

We have chosen to cycle along quiet roads so that the riders can experience the countryside and ride through authentic French villages. We will limit the group to 14 plus 2 crew to ensure we don’t overcrowd an area. Riders will be asked to observe wildlife from a distance and not to feed any animals or birds.

We will try to reduce waste by purchasing lunch items that have the least amount of packaging, and wrap individual picnics in paper, rather than plastic, bags. We will buy only free-range meat and dairy products. Riders will be asked to use refillable water bottles rather than disposable plastic ones, thus reducing plastics manufacturing and waste disposal. We will use local water fountains, hotels and cafes to refill water bottles rather than buy bottled water.

We will “leave no trace” and collect ALL rubbish (including items such as apple cores and banana skins, as although these are biodegradable they may not be native to the local environment). Rubbish will be disposed of responsibly in the correct bins/compost collection points.

We also try to minimise the environmental impact of running our office by: using paperless booking; communicating via email; printing stationery on recyclable paper; re-using and recycling paper; switching off our office equipment at night.