• From L'Etape Social Riding to Nîmes

  • From Social Riding L’Etape du Tour 2019

  • From Fontainebleau Stop-off

  • From Chamonix, but no Haute Route for us!

  • From Three Valleys Skiing

  • From Cheeky Weekend Skiing

  • From La Marmotte

  • From Bourg d'Oisans

  • From Champagne & the Great War - weird extremes, Luxury & Suffering

L’Etape Social Riding to Nîmes

Being part of L’Etape du Tour 2019 Social Riders programme was an amazing experience, not least of all because we were invited as VIP guests to the Tour de France Stage 16 in Nîmes. Access to the Start Village Access to the Signature Podium  Access to the Press Centre and Technical Zone Access to the

Chamonix, but no Haute Route for us!

Laetitia and I had planned to do the Haute Route with Ian, Rachel and Andy, and Dawn and Austin several months earlier. However, first Ian had to drop out due to work commitments. Then Austin had to bail because of illness. And now as we arrived in Chamonix Laetitia had caught a wicked flu from

Champagne & the Great War – weird extremes, Luxury & Suffering

On the way home from the Briancon we broke the journey down by calling in on the Champagne region to find out if any deals were to be had. They were! We grabbed a box of six bottles of Canard – Duchene for much much less than we pay back in the UK. 🙂