I can see this slope out of the kitchen window and my office window so it has been drawing me towards it for some time now. I had a go at it last year but the road was snowed in far down the valley and I didn’t allow myself enough time. Today the road was [...]
Filed under: Photo on November 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Pic de Chalanches is a great early season tour when the conditions are right, and today they were right. Later on in the season the skiing can be as good, but the approach is much longer and harder as the road from Villard up to lac de l’Orceyrette will be blocked with snow adding some [...]
Filed under: Photo on November 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
We (Hubert, Seb and I) headed down to have a go at this competition at the end of the Verdon Gorge called Verdon des Collines. We deciede to opt for the 55km route with 1250m of climbing.
It was a very badly organised race and we ended up catching up with the people that were out [...]
Filed under: News on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
I was out running recently and bumped into some local French mountain bikers, who invited me along with them for their next ride. I had been finding it difficult to hook up with locals here due to the lack of a mountain bike club and as luck would have it these guys were heading out [...]
Filed under: News on November 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
