As mentioned in a previous post, one of the many ways Christophe has been up the Ventoux, is with a city bike. This time he was accompanied by Nick, his ever faithful friend-in-mischief. The challenge was to leave Marseille's "Vieux port" with one of the town's Velib,...
Yet another adventure up Provence's giant, this time through one of it's numerous trails
Following the happy experience with dry gardening, and thanks to the very inspiring movie "Demain" (see link here) I ended up after quite a bit of research, digesting and making mine the concepts of permaculture in order to apply them to our garden. As all this is a...
Like many people, I have been brainstorming about how to make the future better (or just less worse maybe ?) for our children. An intelligent use of the property we are lucky enough to have seemed to be one of the obvious way forward. Instinctively, the manicured...
For many (including me), cycling up the Ventoux is just a crazy idea that wouldn't normally come to one's mind, For the growing number of passionate cyclists around the world, it has become a must. For others, like our local hero, it is just habitual. Rarely does the...
The Dentelles de Montmirail is a chain of rugged hills with summits cut off like lace (=dentelles). You will spot their graceful silhouette when driving towards Vaison. The dentelles have a wealth of trails and are also a climbers paradise SaveSave
Sault is one of the 3 villages from which the cyclists start climbing the Mont Ventoux. Around Sault is where you will see the extravagantly purple lavender fields. It's also worth stopping at one of the distilleries to see how the essential oil is produced, take the...
The classic way, step by step, for aficionados And the mandatory stop to the memory of Tom Simpson SaveSave
It is said that sitting at dawn on Mont Ventoux, ou can see all the way to the sea on a clear day. Some screen shots of a TV show about Mont Ventoux And some shots taken while climbing the Ventoux, with rather more domesticated animals, but showing that same...
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