Sunday 15 April 2012

Integrating at the local 'Flower Festival'. Not many flowers, but they had crêpes & other goodies so who cares? wink

Saturday 14 April 2012

Evening arrival at our 2nd gite. View from the bedroom shows Ventoux shrouded in cloud. Other hills look nice too! grin

Saturday 14 April 2012

Visiting the Pont du Gard. Consider this had been here for 2000 years & look at the people for scale. Just amazing!!

Saturday 14 April 2012

Uzès Cathedral, outside & in. This tower (medieval & the only original part they say) is unique in France apparently.

Saturday 14 April 2012

Lunch in Uzès. Pratiwi tucking into her steak tartare. Nice as it was, think I'll stick to my pizza thanks! wink

Saturday 14 April 2012

Uzes & it's market on a Saturday. The tiny streets & walkways packed. We picked up some spices & local jams. Yum tongue

Saturday 14 April 2012

Time for a short farewell walk around Anduze before heading off. Doesn't take long either - it's a tiny place!

Saturday 14 April 2012

Travelling light... travelling light wink Leaving Anduze for Faucon.

Saturday 14 April 2012

As we're now packed can share a look inside the (now tidy wink) gite. Not too shabby, huh? Home away from home smile

Saturday 14 April 2012

Goodbye Anduze, hello Faucon. Time to blow this joint (literally, it's windy out there!). Will miss it though, been a wonderful little home.

Friday 13 April 2012

What's better than a great morning's ride? Coming home to find someone has cooked a delicious meatloaf for lunch! tongue

Thursday 12 April 2012

People! Please quit this, "I've ticked off 578 of 1000 lists of bullshit. How many have you done?". Another stupid social networking fad sad

Wednesday 11 April 2012

Second col on today's ride. Sunny, but nippy. In fact this is Plan B as was snowing on Plan A route! Still v. nice smile

Monday 9 April 2012

Today: Up Early. Wild deer. Green forests. Huge vultures. Breathtaking scenery. Long walk. Sheer cliffs. Stunning roads. Perfect weather. grin

Monday 9 April 2012

Overlooking Gorge du Tarn. Le Point Sublime. Yes, quite!

Monday 9 April 2012

This was our lunch spot. Overlooking the Gorge du Tarn we ate bread & cold meats, pan au chocolat & biscuits. Yum tongue

Monday 9 April 2012

Many, many more stunning views all along the way. To Cassagnes, overlooking Gorge du Tarn and back to Le Rozier.

Monday 9 April 2012

This boulder didn't seem to have been here long. Righto... move along quickly! wink

Monday 9 April 2012

Many climbers here on the cliffs. Close enough to chat to some. Look hard for climber having lunch centre 2nd image.

Monday 9 April 2012

Pratiwi is the pink dot on the left here. Not being extra brave - just that's where the path was. Absolutely amazing!

Monday 9 April 2012

Setting out on a hike from Le Rozier, the small village seen below. Trail hugs a cliff edge through beautiful forest.

Monday 9 April 2012

The village of Le Truel tucked on the side of Gorge de la Jonte, and the river just down the road in Le Rozier.

Monday 9 April 2012

Up at 6:30! Bloody hell... Thought this was meant to be a holiday! wink

Sunday 8 April 2012

@sparkyweston Is this what I think it is? Next you'll be telling us you're listening to @diradio chiptunes channel? #retro

Saturday 7 April 2012

@miketomalaris Yes it's brilliant action on the track, but sadly doesn't involve a ball so most punters don't care. Oh well. Their loss, eh?

Friday 6 April 2012

The Wisteria vine on our host's porch in beautiful bloom. The loud humming of bees it attracts is somehow soothing smile

Thursday 5 April 2012

Last leg of ride today I think, "This feels a bit hard". Was pressing on, so check profile: 95%+ HR for last 20 min. Ah, that explains it wink

Thursday 5 April 2012

Hamilton rode 2002 Giro with a broken shoulder, gritting his teeth so hard he needed dental work after! Crazy! @inrng http://inrng.com/2012/04/cycling...

Wednesday 4 April 2012

Sydney's NW rail link: track underground & overhead. In China would be none of that & stuff in the way gone! Still wondering how to compete?

Wednesday 4 April 2012

Rainy day in the Gite.

Monday 2 April 2012

Just installed @cyanogen ICS nightly on my SGS I9000. Works like a charm. Thanks guys! smile No thanks to Samsung though! #ManufacturerFail

Monday 2 April 2012

@aglogan In good company as @PerkoPerkins hit by car on weekend too! Did @CyclingCentral cover this? Missed it if so. #DriverEducationNeeded

Sunday 1 April 2012

This 1.19€ bottle of wine bought to cook with doesn't taste half bad you know! Either that or I know nothing about wine. What you think? wink

Sunday 1 April 2012

A walk to Lacan from our doorstep. Anduze, our Gite & attached owners home (seen in the garden!) from the summit.

Saturday 31 March 2012

Hmmmmm... guess what this is going to be! tongue

Saturday 31 March 2012

Back from stunning morning ride. PB'd 2 climbs. Had descent from Col de-St Pierre all to myself - what an awesome road! http://connect.garmin.com/activi...

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Afternoon snacks... in a kindof arty way. Not quite the look I was after but tasted good all the same wink

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Stopped by the small village of Valleraugue. Very nice, but the river running through was the pick of the views.

Tuesday 27 March 2012

An afternoon jaunt to Mont Aigoual. That building is a weather station that's open to visitors. Not right now though.

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Disgusted by the fuss from cyclists over proposed speed humps & crossings in Sydney's Centennial Park. Want to ride fast? Do so elsewhere!

Monday 26 March 2012

What a perfect day's end. Just sat chatting on the patio with a cold Leffe, catching the last rays of sun as it drops behind the hills smile

Sunday 25 March 2012

We took a little walk from the gite up to Chateau de Tornac today. Nice views but the chateau has seen better days wink

Sunday 25 March 2012

@CyclingCentral Damn!... knew I should have left a proxy running at home sad Oh well... time to brush up on those Flemish language skills wink

Sunday 25 March 2012

@CyclingCentral Is Gent-Wevelgem stream unrestricted? On holiday in South France & looking forward to Aussie commentary but looks broken sad

Saturday 24 March 2012

Another beautiful ride up a cat 2 climb, then very technical descent and smash along this valley home. Perfect! smile

Friday 23 March 2012

@f_cancellara If it makes you feel better, guys on your wheel as you pulled peloton back to leaders looked like they were going to cry! wink

Friday 23 March 2012

Plans to cut binge drinking, high petrol prices, bad train services. News headlines in Sydney or London? No, both! Lucky we're in France? wink

Thursday 22 March 2012

@bradwiggins Did you just delete a tweet on Team GB's Olympic kit? wink Guys who wear lycra (me included) maybe shouldn't mention fashion wink

Thursday 22 March 2012

This morning's ride to Col de Saint-Pierre. Beautiful smooth road. Tiny smash fest back home via Mialet felt good smile

Thursday 22 March 2012

@inrng "100 days to the start of the Tour de France" Two words: Bring. It. grin