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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

Category Archives: Skiing

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Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2021 by adamruck
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Did Mrs Le Blond found a Ladies Ski Club?

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Posted in Skiing, Skiing History, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, Elizabeth Le Blond, Fred Burnaby, Isabella Straton, Switzerland, women alpinists | Leave a reply

A piste of history

Posted on January 7, 2021 by adamruck

The first British Ski Championship, Jan 6/7 1921

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Posted in Skiing, Skiing History, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, lauberhorn, Ski racing, Skiing History, Switzerland, Wengen

Le Carré: ‘far and away the best ski cartoonist in the business’

Posted on December 16, 2020 by adamruck

“I have only ever written by hand. The lapsed graphic artist in me actually enjoys drawing the words.”  John le Carré, The Pigeon Tunnel (2016) In all the tributes that have proliferated over the last 48 hours, I have neither … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, David Cornwell, DHO, Downhill Only, John le Carré, Ski racing, Wengen

PowdAir dreams: from Southend to Sion

Posted on February 25, 2017 by adamruck

A new airline, yet to incorporate let alone take off, wants to establish itself as the British winter sporter’s favourite, with Sion as its hub. PowdAir plans two flights a day, five days a week, from five UK airports – … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, Crans Montana, Grimentz, nendaz, powdair, sion, ski flights, Skiing, Switzerland, verbier, Zermatt

coming soon – your currency surcharge

Posted on November 9, 2016 by adamruck

The recent spat between Unilever and Tesco – the so-called marmite war – over a price rise justified (or not) by the weakness of sterling will have rung alarm bells with skiers who may be looking forward to their winter … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing | Tagged ABTA, Adam Ruck, Currency surcharges, holiday surcharges, skiing holidays

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

Just like Eddie

Posted on April 30, 2016 by adamruck

In the youngest edition of The Oldie – June, out already – Marcus Berkmann reviews the film Eddie The Eagle, which tells a version of the well-known story of Michael ‘Eddie’ Edwards, the Cheltenham plasterer turned Olympic ski jumper at … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing | Tagged Adam Ruck, Eddie The Eagle, ski jumping, The Oldie

Dirty Thursday in Lucerne

Posted on February 4, 2016 by adamruck

As I understand Carnival, darkly, leg-pulls are an essential part of the fun. For centuries servants have been cocking snooks at their masters, demure young ladies have been planting kisses on the lips of strangers, and broom-waving ski pests have … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, Carnival, Engelberg, Lucerne, Switzerland

’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

Glacier meltdown? Stick a plaster on it

Posted on October 1, 2015 by adamruck

After what France is describing as the ‘climatic disaster of 2015’ – a hot summer – Prime Minister Manuel Valls and his eco minister Ségolène Royal visited Chamonix last week to hear the town’s complaints about its air pollution and … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing | Tagged Adam Ruck, Alpine glaciers, Chamonix, climate change, COP 21, global warming, Les Grands Montets, Murren

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