Tuesday 3 July 2012
Just arrived in Murol. Beautiful little hotel, very nice room. #TdF in HD! Riding around here looks great, best have a good meal tonight! 
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Crossing Col de la Croix-Morand, looking East. Down there somewhere is Murol, where we'll spend a couple of nights.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Beautiful spot for a picnic. Carrying your own food is the best way to guarantee finding lunch in countryside France!
Monday 2 July 2012
Evening picnic by le Plan d'Eau de Mialet (Mialet dam). Took a random road in search of a quiet spot and voilà! 
Monday 2 July 2012
French TV 1962 TdF footage: Moto pillion sipping alcohol & passing to driver! Riders taking beer from cafés & washing in fountains. Great
Monday 2 July 2012
Hey Sagan, not so easy against true sprinters when you have to work is it? Few more like that and you can kiss green goodbye! #WheelSucker
Monday 2 July 2012
Stumbled across aftermath of what we discovered was La Félibrée in Piégut Pluviers. Looks like it was some party!
Monday 2 July 2012
Morning visit to the lovely little village of Brantôme. Then lunch overlooking the river (for both us & the ducks) 
Sunday 1 July 2012
Couldn't find anywhere open to eat this eve, but did find pizza van & field with views to sit in. Good for us, bad for Euro-zone recovery
Sunday 1 July 2012
Back from Château de Hautefort in time for last hour of the TdF. French video, English sound. Got to love being in the correct time zone
Sunday 1 July 2012
Château de Hautefort: beautiful gardens and not so scary dungeons. The accommodation wasn't bad either
Sunday 1 July 2012
Very nice lunch at Auberge du Parc, Hautefort. Perch wrapped in some crispy pastry stuff and other goodies. Yum! 
Sunday 1 July 2012
This is Château de Jumilhac. Nice, but just took these pics in passing on the way to the next one. Spoilt for choice!
Saturday 30 June 2012
Wow... my ankle feels a whole lot better after some Tramadol Hydrochloride and a couple of Leffe Blonde! Thank you and goodnight!
Saturday 30 June 2012
More duck as dinner for me. Foie gras (as we are so close to Thiviers) & veal for Pratiwi. Plus huge deserts. Yum!
Saturday 30 June 2012
Roll ankle, drive 5 hours: ouch! Fantastic duck lunch for €7.50 made it bearable. Wondered why everyone in café was eating the same dish!
Friday 29 June 2012
Last ride in the Pyrénées done. Riding here is brutal & after 5 weeks feel broken... in a good way! Will really miss the mountains 
Thursday 28 June 2012
The modern Basilica of St Pius X. Not your average religious building. Don't build 'em like they used to, huh?
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Beautiful ride up Col d'Aubisque this morning. Shame I then got rather lost! Oh well - once in 4 months isn't bad
Monday 25 June 2012
Wonderful sunny day walking all around Gavarnie. Still shining so sitting down to dinner outside in Argelès-Gazost. Feels like a holiday!
Monday 25 June 2012
Cirque de Gavarnie: 1500m high crescent cliff with many waterfalls, largest having > 400m drop. Yes, worth the walk!
Monday 25 June 2012
Told to avoid the Breche de Roland (snow/ice) so short Col de Tentes walk. Views to Cirque du Gavarnie & the Breche.
Sunday 24 June 2012
According to @Strava I climbed 4728m last week and 4740m this week. That's only a 12m improvement but hey... I'll take it!
Sunday 24 June 2012
Another stunning morning's ride: Tourmalet & Aspin from Campan. Loved the smash fest on the valley road home & very happy with the speed
Friday 22 June 2012
Flat-ish ride today after hitting HC climbs all month. What a difference in speed, killed my average PB! Hills really are your friends
Thursday 21 June 2012
@mcewenrobbie MTBs: 26 = acceleration & agility, 29 = momentum. I prefer the former & IMHO 29er bad for those under 6'6, so for you too?
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Views from this morning: Col de Spandelles, Col du Soulor, Col d'Aubisque. Road between the last couple is amazing!
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Dinner at l'Auberge du Bouic in Ayros-Arbouix (at the base of the Hautacam climb). Nom, nom, nom!
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Two horrible days of rain look to be done and the sun is back. Yay! Bring on some new cols!
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Amazing sunset this evening!
Monday 18 June 2012
Getting acclimated to the mountains? Walked outside into 15° drizzle in tee shirt & shorts & wasn't cold! But looks like another rest day 
Sunday 17 June 2012
So, in Greece the people have spoken? As usual though, nobody knows what the hell it means! I dunno, as: it's all Greek to me! Boom-tish!
Sunday 17 June 2012
Messing about in a field above Les Granges... with two girls... and a camera... at dusk. Nice!
Sunday 17 June 2012
Rest day in the mountains. So beautiful and very satisfying when one has been riding in them the day before.
Saturday 16 June 2012
Tourmalet & Luz Ardiden from today's ride. Disclaimer: some from earlier in the week but looked the same today
Friday 15 June 2012
Ad on TV: "??? is an exclusive club, to join..." Wow, so exclusive anyone watching this show can join! What a load of bollocks marketing is!
Friday 15 June 2012
Short walk in the Castelloubon Valley. We got a tiny bit lost but the 'wrong' way just made for even better views.
Friday 15 June 2012
Stanford got 110 years for this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-... How much time will the finance ministers of the world do? #GlobalEconomyIsAPonziScheme
Thursday 14 June 2012
LOL RT @MattWilson77: Simple minded Australian bogans, please read the following and try your best to understand it: http://www.theage.com.au/executi...
Thursday 14 June 2012
Admiring the views from the Col d'Aspin... along with some rather hairy locals
Thursday 14 June 2012
Lunch at Payolle, followed by a short after stroll nearby. Not a bad spot at all!
Thursday 14 June 2012
Surprisingly St George Bank have screwed up mortgage paperwork yet again. Imbeciles do this every year! Another ACCC complaint coming up!
Sunday 10 June 2012
Pratiwi & Vanilla the (short eared) rabbit. Cute... when she's not feeling frisky (the rabbit that is!)
Sunday 10 June 2012
Hmmmmmmmmmm... Drinks and nibbles...
Sunday 10 June 2012
Nasty weather/rest day here so catching up on 'work' Almost 2 months of accommodation in Spain/Portugal booked up for some winter sun
Saturday 9 June 2012
Post ride casserole. Yum!
Saturday 9 June 2012
What a day, I might have lost a few fluids so time to re-hydrate! Imagine if it was actually hot & sunny!?
Saturday 9 June 2012
Laying in the back of the van after 92km/2770m epic over 4 giant climbs through the most beautiful scenery. Best European ride yet!
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Visit to Pau which is very nice. The château. Eglise St Martin is more colourful than most. Then lunch, Place Royale.
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Love the light on the mountains this morning. Another perfect day
