St. Guilhem le Desert – A Weekend Story
For our 2nd weekend trip I chose St. Guilhem le Desert, and no, not just for the very cool name. The route formed a perfect circle, and finally allowed me to cycle around Pic St. Loup, the mountain...
View ArticlePic St. Loup loop
The bite was off the air a little today and I started feeling (totally unwarranted, as usual) like Spring was here. Anyway, delusional or not, I took the bike out for a long spin in the hills north of...
View ArticleTeyran and Beyond
I almost didn’t take the camera this morning, thinking I’d just go out for a quick spin on familiar roads, but good thing I did (in the sense that I have something for a blog, not that the pictures are...
View ArticleSaint-Jean-de-Cuculles…and a little beyond
It’s been raining like mad here for the past few days and I think today is going to be the one sunny day we see for the rest of the week. For that reason I had an early lunch, digested, … Continue...
View ArticleLe Grau du Roi
The light has changed on the Mediterranean, or so I’ve convinced myself. Most of the winter has been dull, at least compared with the brilliant quality of light you usually get here. Anyway, the point...
View ArticleHey Bud!
Been busy this week, but finally got out for a Friday afternoon ride…in 20 degree weather! Not that impressive for my friends in Singapore, but probably about the same temperature as the place my...
View ArticleLes Cévennes – Day 1
Shoko is going back to Japan later this month and I’ll be left alone with our new beast, Mojo, so to compensate I asked for permission to do a little trip up north. Finally, after seeing them from many...
View ArticleBeyond Murles
I had the intention of going far today, but it didn’t hit me HOW far until I was two hours from home, in the middle of nowhere, stomach growling. Luckily I brought an apple. Today I went past Murles....
View ArticleAn Odd Encounter
I saw the darndest thing today on my ride up north. Riding through the tiny, uninhabited hills north of the source du Lez, I passed this fellow traveller. A dog on the road. Nothing strange, you say....
View ArticleTo The Pic
Next in my series of one-photo blog articles is a nice smart-phone shot of Pic St Loup, the 600-meter mountain that dominates the plains north of Montpellier. John and I rode over there and back today...
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