After nearly a week of irritating rain and cold weather, the sun popped out today and everything was good again on the Mediterranean. I decided to just ride north till I couldn’t take it anymore, then turn around and suffer all the way back home. Luckily there was a northerly that turned my suffering into coasting, [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Our Lady of Wine Growers
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, tagged corconne, vacquieres on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via Domitia
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Roman Leftovers, tagged ambrussum, Cycling, via domitia on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been getting around Montpellier pretty effectively recently, and have the feeling (probably unfounded) that I’m running out of places to discover, so I decided to ride out in one direction and take the train back. My destination was the Roman site of Ambrussum, with its piece of bridge and Roman road.
The ride out was [...]
Lirou and Back
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, tagged lirou on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s ride had not much new in it, having been up and back on the main roads a few times. But I decided to take a little detour north on a dead-end road that ended in Lirou, a bad joke of a village (I only saw one building), but a really lovely spot, surrounded by [...]
St. Guilhem le Desert – Day 2
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, tagged st. guilhem le desert on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday was frosty, and both of us wanted to find some sun, and quick! Graciously, the gorge we were in ended abruptly a few kilometers down the river, and the Languedoc plains opened up to us. The giant, medieval ‘Pont du Diable’ (Devil’s Bridge) forms the border between the two.
Then it was vineyards…
…more vineyards…
…all the [...]
St. Guilhem le Desert – The Village
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, tagged Cycling, Languedoc, st. guilhem le desert on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
St. Guilhem is not just any village. It is one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France (at least it says so on the sign), AND it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as being part of the Route to Santiago (Chemin de St. Jacques), an ancient pilgrimage route still plied by hiking [...]
St. Guilhem le Desert – A Weekend Story
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, tagged Cycling, France, herault river, Languedoc, pic st loup, st. guilhem le desert on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For our 2nd weekend trip I chose St. Guilhem le Desert, and no, not just for the very cool name. The route formed a perfect circle, and finally allowed me to cycle around Pic St. Loup, the mountain that can be seen from almost anywhere around Montpellier, and is just out of reach of a [...]
Canal Philippe L’amour
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I went east today to ride along this canal, named after either the American author of silly Westerns, or the worst-named French porn star ever! But I just want to say, I tried. I really tried. I went west then I went east, and I’m sorry to say it might be the last time I [...]
