Firstly, thanks to Peter from the Languedoc Page for reminding me that I had to get off my butt and check this thing out. I’d been sort of meaning to ride this 20-km long cycling path for over a year, but since it starts over 35km from home I guess I just never had the [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Sommieres to Nimes Along the Voie Verte
Posted in Cycling, France, Languedoc, Roman Leftovers, tagged caveirac, nimes, sommieres, voie verte on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mitake-san (Japan) – Flashback #17
Posted in Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips/Flashbacks, tagged maruishi emperor, mitake-san, ome, tamagawa, tokyo on November 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Excuse the redundancy, but having found the secret to fixing my scanner I find myself needing to ‘re-package’ a few of these old ‘flashbacks’.
I lived near a river called Tamagawa for most of my 9 years in Japan. Without too much of an exaggeration, this long strip of cycling bliss probably saved my sanity on [...]
Nikko (Japan) 2005 – Flashback #16
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips/Flashbacks, tagged irohazaka, nikko, numata, toshogu shrine on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The scanner is back from the dead, so here is another older post beefed up with new pictures.
Cycling buddy Nigel and I did a couple of rides from Tokyo over the years (if you just can’t get enough of him, fret not! He is prominently featured in Flashback #5), starting with a 400 km loop [...]
Eastern Hokkaido (Japan) 1999 – Flashback 15
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips/Flashbacks, tagged hokkaido, kuril islands on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This entry is actually from a while back, but I’ve slapped a couple of photos in and added some more content.
I lived in Japan for nearly 10 years, and rode a lot. Unfortunately, I only did a few ‘real’ trips, the rest being up and down (and up and down, and up and…) the Tama [...]
Cirque de Navacelles
Posted in France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged cirque de navacelles hike, garrigue on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We woke up to sun today, happy that The Weatherman still can’t get it right even in the 21st century. A day of hiding from the elements quickly transformed into this little journey.
I’d been meaning to get up to this area for a long, long time, but until now the dreaded crowds kept me away. [...]
