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Enjoying the creature comforts in Latour de France

A few years ago when marshalling for the End2End we met a lovely couple who split their annual time between Florida, France and the Isle of Man. Bizarrely the following year we were posted at the same marshal post as Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsOctober 13, 2018 ago
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Stormy, stormy nights

So our days on the Mediterranean Coast haven’t quite been what we imagined when we dreamed of turquoise warm waters, sunshine, snorkelling, soaking up the sun. More dashing out between rain showers, moving our table and chairs to anywhere on Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsOctober 10, 2018 ago
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Adjusting to chilly van life

Wow, the temperatures have suddenly dropped. In mid September we visited Bourges du Lac and at 8pm it was still 27 degrees. Fast forward two weeks and we are back but sat in a lakeside restaurant shivering because a cold Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsOctober 7, 2018 ago
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Van life Part 2

So our lease on the apartment was up today after 14 weeks – wow, it has been fantastic and simply flown by! So we have packed up and, after one last Pause ride, left our beautiful balcony view. Today our Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsSeptember 30, 2018 ago
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The Bourg Guesthouse

Sorry we’ve not done a blog post for ages but we have been busy operating a B&B for friends and family. First to visit for a week was Janet’s friend. She likes to walk so we took her to Les Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsSeptember 30, 2018 ago
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Random acts of kindness Part 2

Whilst in Asia I wrote about several random acts of kindness that we encountered. Here in Europe there are just as many people with big hearts and open souls. Yesterday we cycled to La Thuile in Italy and on the Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsAugust 23, 2018 ago
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Janet’s guide to cycling Cols

When we arrived in The Alps the first few climbs up the Cols came as a bit of rude awakening. Now we have ridden up quite a few of them, they are no longer such a shock to the system Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsAugust 20, 2018 ago
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Birthday Treats

So with our birthdays only four days apart, it is tempting to make it into a birthday week of celebrations. This year though we decided to keep things simple. When I asked Pete what he wanted to do for his Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsAugust 13, 2018 ago
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Thunder bolt and lightening, very very frightening …..

We have noticed a weather pattern here that has become more frequent in the last few weeks as daily temperatures in the valley have risen to well over 30 degrees. The pattern is for blue skies in the morning, then Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsAugust 9, 2018 ago
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Let’s go up and over to Italy for lunch

I’m not sure whose idea it was but we agreed with Matty, whilst on a Pause Cafe social ride (and probably lacking in oxygen) that it would be cool to ride up the Col de Petit St Bernard and over Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJuly 31, 2018 ago
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The Tour de France whirlwind

So back in Bourg and we found everyone starting to get ready for the Tour de France. Stage 11 was going to be passing through Bourg Saint Maurice and on up to the ski resort of La Rosiere whilst Stage Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJuly 19, 2018 ago
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More fun in Alpe D’Huez

Upon arrival in the cycling Mecca of Alpe D’Huez we realised that the nuts mountain bike race, the Megavalanche, which starts at the top of Pic Blanc (3330m) on snow and descends to the valley floor, was due to take Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJuly 13, 2018 ago
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A trip to the biking Mecca of Alpe D’Huez for a time trial

Before we left home we entered a time trial race up the infamous climb of Alpe D’Huez so it was time to pack up our van and drive three hours there. We stayed on a fantastic campsite (with a swimming Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJuly 11, 2018 ago
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Ooh another way to get up those mountains

This weekend was the pre-opening weekend for the Les Arcs bike park. Yesterday the funicular from Bourg Saint Maurice to Les Arcs 1600 opened – yippee!! There was also one chairlift open to take you up to 1950 so we Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJuly 2, 2018 ago
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Another Col conquered

So this time we thought we would head to the Italian border to the Col de Petit St Bernard. This is 8km past the ski resort of La Rosiere (at 1800m) at an altitude of 2188m. Most of the climb Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJuly 1, 2018 ago
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The beautiful Lac de Roselend

We had been told that it was a difficult climb to The Cormet de Roselend but that it would be worth it for the views. And, they weren’t wrong. The route is 19km of climbing from Bourg St Maurice at Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 30, 2018 ago
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The draw of St Michel’s chapel

When we first arrived in Bourg-st-Maurice we were amazed that on the hillside behind our apartment a chapel had been built so far up the on what looked like a precarious piece of land about to slide down the mountainside. Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 27, 2018 ago
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Our first Col climb -the Col D’Iseran

So our first Col climb turned out to be up the highest paved road in Europe, up to 2770m. Not the gentlest of introductions! It was just too good an opportunity to miss as the pass had been closed due Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 25, 2018 ago
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Still searching for those perfect routes

The quest was …….. to find a run route and a mountain bike route that doesn’t require loads of hill climbing. I tried a different run this morning and headed to the international canoe and kayak centre. Unfortunately no one Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 21, 2018 ago
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France are leading the way

When it comes to trying to protect the environment, France seems to be leading the way. In supermarkets all the bags provided for loose fruit are biodegradable, there are sections in most supermarkets to buy nuts and cereals etc by Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 18, 2018 ago
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Finding our way round Bourg Saint Maurice

So we have found the supermarkets, the odd bar (would have been rude not to), the cinema, swimming pool and even worked out how to use the TV (and how Pete can watch MotoGP). Still on the list is to Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 17, 2018 ago
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We have unpacked!

From Mende we popped 3 hours back North to see some friends now living in Clermont-Ferrand. It was great to see them and meet their lovely girls – even if I did receive a dodgy makeover and glitter nail varnish Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 14, 2018 ago
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Le Trefle – 3 Days of Motorbike Mania

Le Trefle (The Clover) is a three day motorbike enduro event with 700 competitors and many thousands of spectators – it is huge! We went along to support The Sheepskull Enduro Riders team with a couple of guys from the Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 11, 2018 ago
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Ou est le soleil?

Here in Bourges we decided to buy French Sim cards so updates can be a bit more frequent now. While waiting in the Orange shop we saw (on the news) pictures of flooding throughout the region from all the rain. Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 6, 2018 ago
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Our French Magical Mystery Tour

With no exact plan as to where we will go in France on our way to Mende (we need to be there in 6 days’ time) we stumbled upon Arras. After a self-guided walk around the town the next morning Read more…

By admin, 7 yearsJune 6, 2018 ago

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