Meet Your Guides
We are Bath's only locally owned and operated city cycle tour company and take pride in providing our clients with the city's best cycling experience. Our clients enjoy and prefer our smaller group sizes, quality mountain bikes, fun unscripted tour narratives delivered by our qualified and experienced guides.
See what our clients think through our Tripadvisor reviews at Wild Swim Bike Run Limited
See what our clients think through our Tripadvisor reviews at Wild Swim Bike Run Limited
Darroch Davidson is a former British army officer and security advisor with experience operating in the world’s most challenging environments including Iraq, Afghanistan and West Africa. He loves to share his knowledge of Bath's history, military journey through the ages, culture and wildlife during our guided tours whilst ensuring they are fun, relaxing and the perfect way to enjoy your visit to Bath.
Darroch's military and security background combined with his love of endurance sports ensure that our holidays and guided events are planned and supported with military precision. Having completed a military 88 mile ultra run across Hadrian's Wall twice, 4 ironman distance triathlons (Challenge Wanaka and Roth) and the 'Double Brutal' 463km mountain ironman finishing 7th in 37 hours 39 minutes he is constantly seeking out new challenges. Darroch is a qualified mountain bike leader, outdoor first aid practitioner and guide for our cycle tours, triathlon, road, mountain biking and bikepacking holidays. He has also completed 'Child Protection in Sport and Active Leisure' training provided by Educare.
Darroch's military and security background combined with his love of endurance sports ensure that our holidays and guided events are planned and supported with military precision. Having completed a military 88 mile ultra run across Hadrian's Wall twice, 4 ironman distance triathlons (Challenge Wanaka and Roth) and the 'Double Brutal' 463km mountain ironman finishing 7th in 37 hours 39 minutes he is constantly seeking out new challenges. Darroch is a qualified mountain bike leader, outdoor first aid practitioner and guide for our cycle tours, triathlon, road, mountain biking and bikepacking holidays. He has also completed 'Child Protection in Sport and Active Leisure' training provided by Educare.
Wayne Buxton is a retired international athlete who represented Great Britain over the marathon distance and has a personal best time of 2:16:38. He has numerous victories to his name including the Bristol Half Marathon, Great Eastern Run and was bronze medallist in the English Half Marathon Championships. He is an experienced athletics coach who worked with the British Paralympic team at Athens and was honoured by the British Olympic Association for his coaching services for his work at the Sydney Paralympic Games. He was also a marathon guide runner at Atlanta for a visually impaired 2:31 marathon runner.
Wayne competed in The Great Race, a three-week 21 stage running race starting in Glasgow and finishing in London. Now days he is more likely to be seen on two wheels, whether that’s a road bike, gravel bike or mountain bike. He has a passion for travel and is always seeking biking and hiking adventures wherever the trails may take him.
Wayne competed in The Great Race, a three-week 21 stage running race starting in Glasgow and finishing in London. Now days he is more likely to be seen on two wheels, whether that’s a road bike, gravel bike or mountain bike. He has a passion for travel and is always seeking biking and hiking adventures wherever the trails may take him.
Your safety is important to us which is why you are lead by a qualified, experienced and properly equipped guides.
