Postcards from slow travel in France
After years of watching Paris Roubaix and Paris Roubaix Femmes from the comfort of the sofa, today, we finally watched the racing from the side of the cobbles, on the Mons-en-Pévèle sector. Sometimes events fail to meet expectations, yet today blew our expectations out of the water, and left us wondering why it had taken … More My First Paris-Roubaix: Dust, Drama, and Pure Cycling Chaos
Yesterday was about being a tourist and sightseeing in Bruges. The rest of the weekend is about the Paris-Roubaix. It started today, with a full day walking sectors of the route, watching the amateur riders taking on the cobbles, at ‘Pavé du Nouveau Monde’ and the iconic sector of the ‘Pavé Mons-en-Pévèle’. It would be … More Up close on the Pavé: Watching the Paris-Roubaix Challenge Riders
Our summer of adventures has officially started, and after a couple of weeks apart, Andy and I finally met up again yesterday at Lille; me arriving by Eurostar from London and Andy by TGV from Avignon. Of course, in what is quickly becoming a tradition, we failed to manage a romantic meet-up on the platform … More Bimbling in Bruges; Wandering, waterways and waffles.
It feels as if today marks the start of, what is due to be, a very busy summer of adventures. Over the next few months, it almost feels as if we have so much in the pipeline that at times, we will meet ourselves coming in the opposite direction. In fact, it’s so busy, with … More Older legs, bigger adventures – This year, we’re finally off to watch Paris-Roubaix
If you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll know that we like to have our little adventures, and that often, we plan trips, which change, and morph into something different. And that was the case, with this latest ‘birthday trip’ to Antibes. Originally, we had planned to have a quiet and gentle couple of … More Exploring Carcassonne – A winter break.
This year, January seems to have lasted for a least 6 months, if not slightly longer. The days seem to have flown by, yet at the same time, it feels as if the month has passed at a snail’s pace. It’s really very bizarre. But, the weeks have been filled with the basics of life, … More January trip to the Cote d’Azur
Four years ago, we set off from the UK to drive Fifi, our delightfully old, very characterful 2CV, home to Provence. It ended up being rather a memorable journey when her clutch collapsed at Brantome and we had to leave her in a garage there for 2 weeks, whilst we waited for her to be … More Collonges La Rouge, a very beautiful village.
It may sound strange, but both Andy and I are at our most relaxed when we’re active. Neither of us is any good at just sitting, or even driving from A to B, just to go and visit a site. We quickly get ants in our pants, and wish we were doing something else. So, … More The simple joy of a walk.
People often ask me what is my favourite part of France, thinking it’s probably the easiest question to answer, and that I will simply say Provence. If only it was that easy, and in many ways, the last few days away has made it even more difficult. It probably seems a little odd, going on … More Finding new favourites
In so many ways, it’s been a mad few weeks and we will soon be starting on the chaos of the summer too. So we’ve thrown a bag of clothes in the car, loaded the bikes and have pottered across to the south west of France, for a couple of weeks of peace, quiet and … More Cycling in new places
Postcards from Provence and beyond 