Winter adventure in a Quatrelle? I find the January-February season in this part of the world to be less enjoyable that the rest of the year – it’s cold, dark and everyone seems to be hibernating. We are often blessed with great Autumn weather that sometimes seems to keep going almost until the festive season. …
Author archives: Colin
Rando Courbiac
Very early start – left house at 7am – half hour ride 25Km to get there. John and Dave arrived as well – from the Lot of Bikes crew – John seems to be the focal point as everyone meets at his place and he has a motocross track in the garden – he organised …
Summer Parties
‘Tis the season of the Fêtês, when every little village digs out the long tables and benches, usually stored by the Mairie in an abandoned barn or church, goes hunting for the bunting and gets ready to party! But this isn’t about those because there are other events that take place over the summer of …
Specialized Sirrus X
I’ve always had some connection with push bikes – from the early days having to cycle to school each day. I even had one at University in Durham and used to cycle in from Langley Moor when it was too wet for the motorbike. I did quite a bit of running when living in Sussex …
Golden Gnome Treasure Hunt
So we spent an hour or more plotting bearings on a map to places we couldn’t find – there were cryptic clues “water comes out of the ground near under Uber” was one. But the bearings were all taken from the lunch stop and we didn’t know where that was. Eventually with help we found …