I’ve been lucky enough to join Lindsey on a couple of tours through Austria, Italy and Slovenia, and they’ve been some of my favourite holidays. The routes are stunning, the organisation is seamless, and somehow she always knows where the best coffee and cake stops are!

Thanks to the e-bikes, I managed to enjoy the scenery without constantly questioning my life choices on every hill but still felt like I was putting in the effort.

Our tours found us rubbing up against—and occasionally stepping over (purely for the obligatory photo!)—more international border crossings than I ever imagined on a cycling holiday, along with disused rail tracks through long, long tunnels, dead end dirt tracks (ahem!) as well as mountains, beaches, lakes, rivers, towns and some spectacular vineyards.

Don’t expect a David Attenborough-style commentary on the local wildlife though… I still laugh about the decidedly average flora and fauna tours! An egret was confidently described as “a white bird thing”, and on one memorable ride she swore blind she had absolutely no idea we were cycling through a field of cannabis!! It’s safe to say she’s far better at planning epic routes than identifying what’s growing alongside them.

The trips are full of those little moments you’ll still be talking about years later. Discovering that a full day in the saddle in the sunshine, followed by exactly two beers in Vienna, results in a very… VERY… giggly evening. Getting ridiculously overexcited (okay, that was mostly me!) about the Danube ferry that turned out to be little more than a boat for four passengers and two bikes. Learning that there’s always room in your panniers for hair straighteners—because why should cycling across Europe mean lowering your standards? And, inevitably, choosing the perfect secluded spot for a wild wee, only for the first people you’ve seen in six hours appear at precisely the wrong moment!

We’ve cycled in blistering heat, torrential rain, biblical amounts of flies and winds that were so hot it felt like we were in the Sahara! All of it was magical and I loved every moment!

If you’re looking for someone who genuinely loves what she does, knows the best routes, and makes every ride feel like an adventure rather than an endurance test, you’re in the best possible hands. You’ll come home with amazing memories, a camera full of border-crossing photos, a healthy addiction to e-biking, and enough inside jokes to keep you laughing long after you’ve unpacked.