There are a few advantages to turning 60 ! A seniors card that gives widespread $2 discounts, two free yearly rail tickets on a sometimes working Victorian rail network and the freedom to undertake harebrained adventures that come your way !

Cycling over 1,000 km's to Leh (the former desert capital of Ladahk) over the highest roads in the world on a mixture of breaking tarmac and trails comprised of nothing more than rocks and dirt certainly meets the criteria of an adventure !

The Redspokes tour takes us (a small group of 3 cyclists) through the beautiful enclave of the Spitti Valley to Leh surrounded by high mountain ranges that only provide for access for a few months of the year.

Now it's time to put those thousands of km's training / would you believe hundreds of km's training / how about a few rides up to the supermarket - to work as I take in this incredible part of the world !