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
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
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Stone Stack or Mr. Potato Head?
Found a few of these stone stacks that seem to be a favourite pastime of walkers the world over. Anyone know if there is a
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Oops! That’s Not Supposed to Happen
Can you see what is wrong with the picture? Something missing perhaps? Yep, the glass lid for the Hob is absent without leave. Mel had
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The Antics of Sheep and Shepherds
Imagine if you will, an extra ingredient to the above picture – 100 sheep. Unfortunately they had moved on by the time I got the
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Col d’Aubisque – 2nd Col in the Bag of Cols
The stretch between Aubisque and Soulor is really pretty tame when used to cycling on Exmoor. The scenery here wins mind you, although I found
