Not the most creative of titles, I freely admit, but when you see the photos you’ll see I didn’t have much choice. I’m ‘in training’ now, so not looking for new routes at the moment. Training for what? We are going to Germany for a wedding at the end of August and then hopping on [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Sunflowers
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, tagged sunflowers on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pic Carlit – 1st Walk in the Pyrenees
Posted in France, Walking, tagged pyrenees, pic carlit on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The title above is not exactly correct now that I think about it – we actually crossed the Pyrenees on our way to Santiago de Compostella way back in 2001. Well, this was our first proper hike in them then. We had been invited by Jean-luc and Danielle, two fellow mountain lovers who are an [...]
Thinking Big
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, France, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, North America, Rest of Europe, tagged cycling around the world on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hey, did I ever tell you my dream? I want to cycle around the world before my time is up. I used to think I’d do it in one go, but don’t know if that’s all that realistic now. Don’t know if I even want to do it that way – I’m more an ‘inch [...]
Tour de France – Stage 7 & 8 – Un Bar and Col d’Agnes
Posted in France, Racing, tagged col d'agnes, lance armstrong, nocentini, pyrenees on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday I did my half day of work (don’t hate me, my salary is as slack as my hours!) and packed up the motorcycle to head to the Pyrenees where, with a little luck, we would catch at least one stage in the high mountains. The French say (and others too, I suppose…) that the [...]
Tour de France – Stage 4 – Montpellier Team Time Trial
Posted in France, Languedoc, Racing, tagged astana, cancellera, garmin-slipstream, lance armstrong, mark cavendish, montpellier team time trial 2009, saxobank, tour de france on July 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The day finally came and went. Hard to believe it was February the first time I figured out the route of the team time trial and rode it. I am sure I was one of the first ones, apart from the guys who designed it. Well, I got that going for me at least.
Today’s stage [...]
Tour de France – Stage two – Le Rouret
Posted in France, Racing, tagged brignols, lance armstrong, le rouret, mark cavendish, monaco, stage two, tour de france on July 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Stage two saw us in the hills above the Cote d’azur, looking for a place to park. We happened upon the very cute village of Le Rouret, about 20 km east of Grasse. It turns out that the Tour de France is a good excuse for a party because the petanque pitch was filled with [...]
Tour de France – Stage One – Monaco Time Trial
Posted in France, Racing, tagged cancellera, lance armstrong, levi leipheimer, monaco, stage one, time trial, tour de france on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We left Montpellier before the sun was up and good thing, since it was a cooker today. I had planned to try and take the side roads as far as possible, but gave up around Arles and hopped on the highway. From there we rode, heads bobbing left and right from the wind, all the [...]
2009 Tour de France – It’s Not About The Lance
Posted in Cycling, France, Racing, tagged lance armstrong, monaco time trial, tour de france on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lance Armstrong subtitled his first book ‘it’s not about the bike’, referring to the fact that his amazing story was going to be about cancer survival. Luckily much of it WAS about the bike, therefore I subtitle my own little TdF series the same way. Why? Well, I am no idol worshiper, but Lance, along [...]
St. Guilhem le Desert – A Walk in the Woods
Posted in France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged camino de santiago, hiking, Languedoc, st. guilhem le desert on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tour de France starts in two days, so I promise there will be a return to ‘le velo’ very soon. In the meantime, we have been taking advantage of our new wheels and getting out of the city to do a bit of hiking.
We made a return to St. Guilhem le Desert (see last [...]
