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France On Two Wheels

by Adam Ruck

France On Two Wheels

CONTENTS

  • Home
  • Introduction
  • Route 1
    Lake Geneva to Caen
    • Dinner with Marc Meneau
    • Guédelon
  • Route 2
    Massif Central (Loire 1)
    • The serial killer hoteliers
    • Troisgros
    • His finest hour
  • Route 3
    La Bastide to Arcachon
    • Roquefort
    • Yquem
  • Route 4
    Biarritz to La Charité-sur-Loire
    • A pelota champion
    • Aymeric Picaud – the pilgrim’s guide
  • Route 5
    Moulins to St-Brévin (Loire 2)
    • Hornblower on the Loire
    • Turner’s Loire
  • Route 6
    Paris to Avignon
    • The recipe road
    • Wine tasting in Tain L’Hermitage
  • Alsace Tour
  • Corsica
  • Brittany Tour
  • St Moritz on two wheels (and the train)
  • The Western Front
  • Ridgeway Rides
  • Travel Notes, Updates, Feedback
  • Hotel Archive
  • Contact Adam
  • Adam’s Blog
    • All Blog Posts
    • Skiing Posts

Category Archives: Austria

Not so sure about snowsure

Posted on February 6, 2015 by adamruck

“Any chance you can supply a picture?”  Cue small earthquake in south west Oxfordshire.  The filing system is comprehensively rummaged, turned upside down and shaken.  Could have sworn I saw it the other day …. but where? As usual the … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, France, Skiing, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, Chamonix, Gargellen, Grimentz, Murren, Skiing, snowsure resorts, st anton, Val d'Anniviers

e-bikes: why not?

Posted on December 12, 2013 by adamruck

Like many other self-regarding cyclists, I noted the arrival of the battery power assisted e-bike with a mild and detached interest similar to that with which my children and many others view golf.  Nice idea, but it’s not really for … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, cycling holidays | Tagged Adam Ruck, e-bike, Grossarl

Salzburg – the hills are a lie

Posted on August 10, 2013 by adamruck

To Salzburg, where the hills are alive with tourist guides giving Hollywood a right telling off for taking liberties. The small city makes its living from tourism, and everyone in tourism has to know about The Sound of Music, especially … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Ruck, Salzburg, Sound of Music

More thoughts on ski hosting

Posted on February 24, 2013 by adamruck

Last week a French court ruling against ski tour operator Le Ski (to be appealed) brought about the suspension of ski hosting by British tour operators in the French Alps.  The story has been extensively covered in UK and French … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, France, Skiing | Tagged Adam Ruck, Daily Telegraph, France, Le Ski, ski, ski hosting, ski hosts

London City Airport. The ski goggles have landed.

Posted on January 31, 2013 by adamruck

I had an email from City Airport this morning, announcing the arrival of some new ski goggles. It seemed an imaginative way to advertise an airport and it worked, because I was so curious, I opened the message. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Skiing, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, city airport, goggles, ski guide, Skiing

Erna Low: Aiming High by Mark Frary

Posted on January 14, 2013 by adamruck

I’ve been enjoying a preliminary dip in to Mark Frary’s biography of Erna Low, Aiming High. Miss Low, as I was brought up respectfully to refer to her, was a towering figure in the British ski holiday industry and remained … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Skiing, Skiing History | Tagged Adam Ruck, Aiming High, Austria, Erna Low, Mark Frary, Princess Anne, Skiing History

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