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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

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Golf and covid: the new abnormal

Posted on May 10, 2020 by adamruck

At least the lockdown spared us the torture of golf. Tasting an unfamiliar hint of serenity in the mixed salad of my mood, I can only attribute it to an absence of missed tiddlers and sliced drives onto the railway … Continue reading →

Posted in France, golf | Tagged Adam Ruck, corona virus, covid, France, Golf

 Hello, yes, goodbye

Posted on May 18, 2017 by adamruck

  Another day, another survey, or several.  Today on Today I learnt that the average Lithuanian drinks 750 pints of beer a year, while engaged couples – in the UK that is, not Lithuania – are more likely to ask … Continue reading →

Posted in holidays | Tagged Adam Ruck, car hire, car rental, France, holiday surveys, language skills, More or Less, radio 4, Spain, Tim Harford, Today Programme

Save La Grave – join the crowd

Posted on September 27, 2016 by adamruck

The future of the off-piste resort of La Grave is once again in doubt, as it has been for much of its forty year existence.  The operating contract for its lifts – there are two of them: a slow two-stage … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Skiing | Tagged Adam Ruck, France, La Grave, off-piste skiing, Skiing

’ere ouigo – skiing the Disney way

Posted on December 17, 2015 by adamruck

  A new route to the French Alps – via le Petit Prince and the Magic Kingdom.   I’m sure it’s not new, but it’s new to me and I’m quite excited about it. Rather late in the day,  via facebook, … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Skiing | Tagged Adam Ruck, France, ouigo, ski, train

Brittany at half term: le golf de Morbihan

Posted on October 29, 2015 by adamruck

  Two weeks for half term in late October is a long haul for parents, especially those abandoned by their wives and daughters (in Venice for a weekend of bellinis and vaporetti).  My godson’s father suggested a ‘get into golf’ … Continue reading →

Posted in France, golf | Tagged Adam Ruck, Brittany, Brittany Ferries, France, Golf, Lorient, Omaha Beach, Rhuys Kerver

French men are obsessed by wardrobes

Posted on December 5, 2014 by adamruck

Last week my daughter had to choose an article from The Times to analyse.  She flicked through the newspaper on the way to school, reading out the headlines. Rejecting ebola, American race riots and Labour’s plans to squeeze the private … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Adam Ruck, France, Gerard Depardieu, The Times

In the Valley of the Kings

Posted on April 27, 2014 by adamruck

The English-language edition of the guide to the Loire à Vélo cycling trail reached me recently.  I opened it with interest, having been surprised, when we cycled along the Loire in 2011, by how elusive the trail seemed at times, … Continue reading →

Posted in cycling holidays, France | Tagged Adam Ruck, cycling holidays, cycling maps, France, Loire a Velo, Loire Valley

Golf and cycling

Posted on December 3, 2013 by adamruck

  In idle moments I have often googled golf and bicycle (or cycling).  Almost nothing comes up, apart from a virtual debate about whether cycling is the new golf, the motion being that Masters of the Universe now do their … Continue reading →

Posted in cycling holidays, France, golf, Wales | Tagged Aberdovey, Adam Ruck, Bernard Darwin, cycling, France, Golf

Ski hosting – no end to hostilities

Posted on October 1, 2013 by adamruck

Nov 7 update: Le Ski’s appeal deferred until May 2014 for further investigation, so the ban stands for the coming season. I’m up to here with mid-morning hot chocolate.  If the French ski hosting rumpus makes me drink any more … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Skiing, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Ruck, Crystal, France, Le Ski, Mark Warner, ski hosting, Skiing

The only way is ethics

Posted on September 6, 2013 by adamruck

Waiting for the article to appear is a difficult time, especially when you have gone to bed with a publication for the first time, as was the case with me and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine. After the coupling, polite … Continue reading →

Posted in cycling holidays, France, writing and editing | Tagged Adam Ruck, Alsace, auberge de l'ill, cycling, France, storks

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