We returned to the heart of the Chartreuse massif for this extended Ascension Day holiday weekend. On our previous visit to the valley of two rivers Guiers (Vif and Mort) in March we discovered a bicycle path that runs at the bottom of the valley. Even if we walked most […]
As the weather forecast looked very promising for the last weekend of October — with lots of sun and the daytime temperatures in upper teens or lower twenties — we decided to take Monday off and head for a short bike tour on this All Saints’ holiday. We had just […]
This year was not too bad for us despite the two strict lockdowns. During the first one we actually exercised more than usual: since we could not go for long runs, we made sure we went for the allowed one hour run every morning. However, during the second lockdown in […]
In August we toured Loire river valley on bicycles for almost three weeks (including driving there and back), altogether 800 kilometers in 14 days of riding. Because of a glitch on my Google Drive account I have not been able to download all the photos from the drive, so I […]
Next week we are leaving for another bike tour in Central France. Today we did a short (37.4km, 3h) recreational practice ride exploring the new bike path along the river Drac, South of Grenoble. It was a very comfortable ride, but we wish there would have been more picnic spots […]
We had another brilliant idea of riding one of the remaining sections of ViaRhôna that we have not visited before. We took an early morning train to Annecy and then spent over 20 kilometers to get out of the town and its vicinity. There were supposed to be two bike […]
The heat was back (and still is) after a few cooler days, and we took advantage of the nice weather going on another bicycle tour on Saturday (14.9.). Since we have fully explored the two nearby valleys — Grésivaudan and Isère — we looked for other options within a short […]
From Grenoble, we took the bicycle route V63 (that starts in Annecy) following the river Isère to where it joins the river Rhône, and then a few more kilometers on ViaRhôna to Valence. We rode 122.10km in 6h52mins (average 17.7kph, max 33.9kph), with 983m of ascent and 1077m of descent. […]
This is a quick post about our weekend trip to Vienne (Isère) to Joan Baez’s farewell tour concert “Fare Thee Well”. We bought the ticket well in advance, but decided on the last minute — we had contemplated the idea before, though — that it would be a great bicycle […]