I was supposed to be taking the opportunity of a wife-less month and do a 4-day ride from Toulouse back to Montpellier last weekend, but the god of crappy weather had other plans. I did do at least part of the trip before bonking after two days. Here is day one. I started early and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Toulouse to Narbonne – Day One
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, tagged canal du midi, castelnaudary, toulouse on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To Avign…er Arles!
Posted in Cycling, France, Medieval Stuff, tagged arles, beaucaire, nimes on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had a ride into Provence planned for today, and I guess I succeeded in at least that part of it, but was thwarted in my destination pick. But we’ll get to that later. I took the train over to Nimes and headed off towards the east, and Provence, with hopes of reaching Avignon and [...]
Over Hill, Over Dale
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, tagged frontignan, montbazin on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With Shoko gone to Japan I find myself with less amusement at home, and some more badly needed time to get out on the bike – something I realized yesterday when my gut was spilling over the spandex a bit more than usual. At least it’s stretchy.
So, as promised, I went back west to see [...]
Every Direction Deserves a 2nd Chance
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, tagged st. georges d'orques on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been a good blog reader, you’d know that I have been fairly anti east-west when it comes to bike riding around Montpellier. Maybe it was the ‘vin chaud’ last night, but I was in a generous mood today, and decided to give the west another chance, and headed out to find a wine [...]
It’s Something…
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, tagged Montpellier, pink flamingo on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today just a little ride down to the Rhone-Sete canal and back. I read that the pink flamingos would start doing the funky chicken soon, as mating season commences in January, so I thought I’d beat the crowds and see if any of them were up to any hanky panky yet. There were a lot [...]
Boso Hanto (Japan) – Flashback #3
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, tagged boso hanto, kawasaki, tokyo on December 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Tokyo is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with nearly 40 million people crammed into the size of Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe, I’d guess. Not the best place for a bike ride, you think? Damn straight, at least if you dare to brave the roads, but there are pockets of green spaces here and there, [...]
Going to the Source #2
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, tagged le lez on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Both Shoko and I are kitted out with wooly tights now, and we have a weekend of very bright sun, so we took the morning to ride up to the source of our local river – le Lez. It’s an excellent ride, with a bit of everything…une bonne salade, my old French teacher might say. [...]
