About Us

Having stayed in Bourg d'Oisans several times we enjoyed the scenery and lifestyle so much we thought a serious change in pace was in order, and to work for ourselves doing something we love - enjoy oisans.

Phil is an avid bike rider has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember, he started competing seriously in cyclo cross events in the late eighties with Bournemouth Arrows CC and switched to mountain biking in the mid nineties and has now been mountain biking for over ten years most of which has been with the Bigfoot Mountain bike club in Gloucestershire. He is a qualified mountain bike guide via the OTC in the UK and holds an emergency first aid certificate issued under the Rescue Emergency Care Scheme Guidelines.

Helen has spent the last 12 years in and out of police cells and court rooms as a defence solicitor and now needs to see some light!  She has been riding mountain bikes largely to see Phil for the last couple of years and entered her first event in November 2007.  Helen is also an ITEC qualified Massage Therapist, and holds an emergency first aid certificate issued under the Rescue Emergency Care Scheme Guidelines.