Here are some lovely pictures. I had created some lovely words as well, easily equal to ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’, but the the
Month: December 2011
Making Life Interesting with a Payload and BOB Yak Trailer
Today’s setup, this time with the trailer in tow and about 10kgs of payload. Not a great deal, but given the quality of the rough
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Rough Stuff, Boulders and Still a Lovely Walk/Ride
Once we ran out of road, it was onto the rough stuff. The track was rubble strewn for much of its length, frequently steep enough
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Autumn Colours, Snow Capped Peaks
A cracking set of late autumn colours, snow capped peaks, and still more of those lovely rustic buildings. The climb keeps on going!
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A Valley of Rustic Buildings
A great ride up from Campan along the Valley du Lesponne, lots of lovely rustic farm houses, barns and other buildings, many just oozing with
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Off to Find the Snow – By Bike
Here we go again, off on a cycling adventure. I could do the Col du Tourmalet, but mel wants to come to, so we chose
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The Cutting Edge of French Commerce
I hate to think how much French GDP would rise if they actually bothered opening any of the shops. Anywhere. Anytime. After 3 weeks here,
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Shit That Tourists Buy in Lourdes
Can anyone explain why fruit flavoured sweets in the shape of stones, or mints, have to do with the vision experienced by St Bernadette? Or
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Bad Apple – Stop Bloody Spell Checking!
One thing that I tend to find irritating when using the iPad/iPhone is the spell checker. It does ok 50% of the time, and does
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Oh My Lourdes
A damp day, so a good day to go tramp around the religious theme park that is Lourdes. We came for salvation, but this being
