Tuesday 20 March 2012
Jardins de la Fontaine, Nîmes. Like the little canals. Tour Magne outside & inside stairs recently added, in 1843 
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Cleanest carpark I've ever seen: Jean Jaures in Nîmes. Cheap. Secure (need ticket to get back in). Uncrowded. Handy!
Monday 19 March 2012
Today's cycling shot: Pratiwi overlooking the river just outside Mialet. She quite liked it here 
Monday 19 March 2012
A couple of lizards appear to live under the stairs by the front door. They don't mind getting a close up either!
Saturday 17 March 2012
Hmmmmmmmmm... Cookies 
Pratiwi is so happy with her home made baking. Yeah, I won't complain either
Saturday 17 March 2012
Edge of the seat for end of #msr. @simongerrans from @f_cancellara popular result in our house! Awesome job guys - earned your keep today
Saturday 17 March 2012
Watching the 6 Nations wooden spoon match while waiting for #MSR coverage. Pratiwi is baking cookies if you wonder
Saturday 17 March 2012
LOL #LeaveItToThePros "@MattWilson77: That awesome feeling in MSR when you've been on the bike almost an hour and u c a 275km to go sign."
Friday 16 March 2012
Back from a beautiful ride. Stretching was agony though given state of the back of my knees! Few scratches & some bstard insect bites. Ouch!
Thursday 15 March 2012
Blossom in the gite's orchard, early evening. Beautiful place to be.
Thursday 15 March 2012
Bees being busy in the orchard by our Gite.
Thursday 15 March 2012
Few scratches from an extreme morning of gardening - f'king Bramble bush! However, it's now in a fire pit & I'm enjoying a beer. Winner!
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Recall the pâtisserie goodies mentioned maybe 40 mins ago? Gone! Nom, nom, nom! Along with some wine & meats. I can feel a nap coming on
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Finished the morning ride with a baguette stuffed up my jersey & other pâtisserie goodies filling the pockets. Now... to enjoy
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Somewhere on the D133 West of Anduze. Nice ride in either direction. Hope you can tell the road gently winds away
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Butterfly shots from the Gite garden. The weather isn't even really warm yet, wonder what will appear when it is?
Tuesday 13 March 2012
The view literally from our doorstep. All one can hear is the soft singing of birds and gentle trickle of a stream
Monday 12 March 2012
Beautiful ride today. After a week here passed my 1st Col sign. Many more impressive ones to come I hope!
Sunday 11 March 2012
Peak People? http://www.treehugger.com/cultur... Don't forget that as population shrinks the ponzi scheme that is the entire world economy will collapse!
Sunday 11 March 2012
@_GreenEDGE_ @cammeyercyclist Got a shot of Cam as he crossed the line? Looked tough! Great work & hope you can pull some seconds in the TT!
Saturday 10 March 2012
Post trundle lunch. Pratiwi's home made Ratatouille and a 4€ bottle of white in the sun. Ahhhh
Saturday 10 March 2012
Pratiwi out on a leisurely ride somewhere around Anduze. Another tranquil day in the South of France
Friday 9 March 2012
A neutralised peloton leaving Suze-la-Rousse - not that you'd think that by looking at the angle of that cornering!
Friday 9 March 2012
A very happy Rob & Mark Renshaw, who'd just completed adjustments to his bike at 9 minutes to 12! @Mark_Renshaw
Friday 9 March 2012
Pratiwi with (& collecting signature from) Heinrich Haussler. I'm a fan too, but she looks better in the pic
Friday 9 March 2012
Rob & Simon Gerrans, Aussie road race champion. Doing it tough after a crash but still time for fans @simongerrans
Friday 9 March 2012
What an awesome morning at Suze-la-Rousse #ParisNice start. @Mark_Renshaw @simongerrans were gents. Thx for saying hi & good luck today!
Friday 9 March 2012
Lots and lots... & lots and lots... & lots of bike bling! Cofidis Look just have the edge I feel though. Dribble 
Friday 9 March 2012
Race referees... playing it safe with the comms gear?
Friday 9 March 2012
Radioshack Nissan Trek were out first. Bus had cool team listing. Bikes & car looked great with matching matte paint.
Friday 9 March 2012
Did I say the wind was gone? Oops... It's all relative #ParisNice
Friday 9 March 2012
Heading over to the start of a #ParisNice in Suze-la-Rousse. Riders & fans will be pleased to know wind has gone and sun is out
Thursday 8 March 2012
Random views from the roads (there's 2 routes to choose) between Anduze & Mende.
Thursday 8 March 2012
A rather special traffic jam on the way home. Still, teams heading this way mean we get to see them again tomorrow
Thursday 8 March 2012
Home from a visit to #ParisNice in Mende. Got stuck in traffic jam of team cars on the way home & felt a bit special Next: Suze-la-Rousse
Thursday 8 March 2012
Team cars and stragglers coming through well after the leaders finished. Some of them looking happy to have 'rested'.
Thursday 8 March 2012
Some you win...? Think these guys were in the break all day. Looks like they won't enjoy the climb to the finish.
Thursday 8 March 2012
The pack looking for points in the final sprint. Janez Brajkovic & Robert Kiserlovski are the Astana riders taking them.
Thursday 8 March 2012
Frederik Veuchelen takes out the final sprint with 3km to go, with the pack closing in fast.
Thursday 8 March 2012
Waiting in a local cafe bar for the riders. The barman keen to show off their cycling memorabilia. Very impressive!
Thursday 8 March 2012
The road we intended to take was closed, so ended up driving final 20km of the course. Are we supposed to be here?
Thursday 8 March 2012
Having just driven last 20km of course, now sat in café by last sprint point awaiting riders for Mende stage of Paris-Nice
Wednesday 7 March 2012
'Le Gardon de Mialet' (aka the river) from this morning's ride. Plenty of other scenery but only made a single stop.
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Another sunny little ride this morning & now sitting relaxing with live streaming of Paris-Nice... on very similar roads Nice
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Brilliant quote from Fatih Birol (chief economist for the IEA) "Let us leave oil before it leaves us."
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Watching UK weather forecast, "... 13-15 degrees, so that should feel pretty comfortable... " WTF?! Pratiwi & I laughed so much!
Monday 5 March 2012
Have internet only via a physical wire? Why, install hostapd on your Linux laptop so that your Android phones have WiFi to talk to. #nerd
Monday 5 March 2012
Back from le supermarche, eating a baguette with olive oil, cold meats & blue cheese. Yuuuum. Shame the bottle of wine isn't cold yet
Sunday 4 March 2012
The bike assembly area at our gite in Anduze Now, time for a little shakedown ride in the spring sunshine
