A sunny Day 9 cycling around the Canal du Midi, exploring quiet villages, peaceful backroads, and the beauty of slow travel in the south of France. … More Cycling the Canal du Midi Villages – Day 9: Sunshine Ride in the South of France”
In the great scheme of things, Pezenas isn’t really very far from Provence, so we had always planned to have a day off, on the way across, and Sommières seemed to be the perfect place for it. It’s a beautiful little town on the River Vidourle, with a castle, wonderful cobbled streets, and a fantastic … More Join our bike ride :Day 3 Exploring the Gard and finding Orchids
After a glorious evening on the boat we had rented for the night, watching the sunset along the Rhone-Sete Canal, at Beaucaire, we woke this morning to grey skies. They weren’t enough to dull our spirits, and after a slow morning, enjoying coffee on the ‘poop-deck’, watching the day start around us, we loaded everything … More Join our bike Ride: Day 2, Beaucaire to Sommieres
This weekend has flown by, and we are sitting on the TGV, hurtling our way through northern France, chatting through everything we have done. It was our first visit to this part of France, and we loved the beautiful brick houses, and warm welcome that we received, wherever we went. The drive to Bruges was … More Heading Home After Roubaix… But Not for Long
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.
Shortly after moving to the area, we spent some time exploring the pretty village of Simiane-La-Rotonde, a few miles away from us in the neighbouring Department of Alpes de Haute Provence. Whilst we were there we noticed the names of 5 English Airmen had been added to the local War Memorial and set out to … More On the trail of a WW2 Wellington Bomber
Postcards from Provence and beyond 