Cycling holidays ·
Tour de Bretagne
Sorry, I’ve moved this post to another page: see Brittany Tour
French hotels ·
In praise of Tripadvisor. No, really
To my great surprise I find myself using Tripadvisor more and more. Of course all the well rehearsed caveats apply. I know there will be fake…
French hotels ·
“Can you recommend a hotel?”
Concerned that my life may lack purpose and fulfilling activity, friends quite often get in touch with questions they have generously thought up to make me…
Cycling holidays ·
To Italy by bike mostly with Eric Newby
Made my annual visit to the Dyfi Valley Bookshop in Machynlleth in case any of the 100-odd novels written by my great aunt Berta have fetched…
Cycling holidays ·
La Croix-Fry: honeymoon sweet
Any minute now, the Tour de France cyclists will be toiling over the Col de la Croix-Fry and passing the world’s most stereotypically delightful Alpine chalet-hotel,…
Corsica ·
Ferayola – a victory for the thin red line
Auberge Ferayola, Argentella, Corsica 00 33 4 95652525 www.ferayola.com I’ve moved this post to the hotel archive page
France ·
PS: afterthoughts in Brittany
Road testing your own guide book can be quite spooky, especially in places you wrote about blind; that is to say, on the basis of exhaustive…