I lived in Australia in 1995-96 (see Flashback #1) and had been meaning to get back for a trip for some years. Living in Singapore allowed us to fly down to Perth in only 4.5 hours, so no real excuse not to go! Shoko had never been, so a doubly good reason. This is just [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Spring is Springing
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, tagged almond tree, blossom, Languedoc on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A short post today, mainly because only one photo is blog worthy. The temperatures have been climbing steadily lately and today was around 15 I think. It’s been blowing like mad to compensate for the nice weather, but today it calmed down long enough for me to have a very pleasant afternoon ‘ballade’.
Here is spring [...]
Here and There
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Not a real action-packed ride today, but the weather was excellent (shorts on for the first time in a few months) and the ‘paysage’ was just nice and bucolic, for the most part. Here is a little olive grove along a gravel road I got lost on. This is looking east and, although my camera [...]
Le Grau du Roi
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, tagged la grande motte, le grand travers, le grau du roi, mediterranean, Montpellier, palavas les flots, pic st loup on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The light has changed on the Mediterranean, or so I’ve convinced myself. Most of the winter has been dull, at least compared with the brilliant quality of light you usually get here. Anyway, the point is that this light reminds me of summer so I get a bit more motivated for long rides. It’s a [...]
Tour de France Team Time Trial Route
Posted in France, Languedoc, Racing, tagged 2009, arc de triomphe, bel air, euromedicine, grabels, lance armstrong, Montpellier, place de la comedie, route, team time trial, tour de france on February 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On July 7th Montpellier will host the Tour de France, and the return of the team time trial. I found out the route somewhere online last week and went out to see how tough it’ll be for the lads. The riders will start at Place de la Comedie, the center of the city…
…race up Rue [...]
Ales to Montpellier
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, tagged ales, anduze, Gard, herault, les cevennes, Montpellier, nimes on February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This ride is one I’ve been meaning to do for some time, but haven’t had the time and sun to get it accomplished. Well, Shoko locked herself up in the apartment to study all day, and it wasn’t raining, so I figured I’d take the chance I’d been given. This ride entailed two trains: one [...]
Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles…and a little beyond
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, tagged pic st loup, saint-jean-de-cuculles on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been raining like mad here for the past few days and I think today is going to be the one sunny day we see for the rest of the week. For that reason I had an early lunch, digested, and hit the road for the afternoon. Today I went up to the south flank [...]
