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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

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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

Time to rediscover old favourites

Posted on March 3, 2020 by adamruck

A PR contacts me, having been alerted by google to an article of mine that has just appeared on the Telegraph Travel website, mentioning a client of hers, Le Touquet.  She isn’t a subscriber to Telegraph Premium or whatever it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in travel journalism | Tagged Adam Ruck, BBC Radio 4, Henry Priestman, mark tully, something understood, Telegraph Travel

On the George Sand trail

Posted on February 6, 2020 by adamruck

This morning’s Radio 4 Lord Bragg show about George Sand took me back to my first university year, when someone on my staircase had a sophisticated American girlfriend with a drawl that might have been Charleston, Boston or Vivien Leigh … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Adam Ruck, George Sand, In Our Time, La Mare au Diable, Nohant, Nohant Vic, radio 4

Settling down

Posted on December 28, 2019 by adamruck

Puppy class week 3 I’m on my own this week and arrive late and flustered, coaxing Percy into the hall with all her bits and pieces under my arm.  Bed, lead, water, bowl ….. oh no – I’ve forgotten the … Continue reading →

Posted in dog training, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Ruck, puppy training

Practice makes Percy

Posted on December 18, 2019 by adamruck

Here beginneth the second lesson.  The pod drapes have been pulled back a little, allowing our puppies to rub noses through the bars of the cage.  Or bark like hell, in Percy’s case. ‘Close Percy’s curtain please,’ says our trainer … Continue reading →

Posted in dog training, Oxfordshire | Tagged Adam Ruck, puppy class, puppy training

Percy goes to school

Posted on November 30, 2019 by adamruck

At 6.45 on a damp autumn evening, 15 minutes early (as instructed), six young dogs and their human appendages have assembled outside a village hall in West Oxfordshire.   For our rescue puppy Percy, not quite 3 months and not … Continue reading →

Posted in dog training, Oxfordshire, The Archers | Tagged Adam Ruck, Gray Matter, Oxford Times, Oxfordshire, puppy training

The World in 2000 Pieces

Posted on January 10, 2019 by adamruck

Seriously impressed by God.  6 days to get this thing done was nothing short of a miracle.  Two weeks in, we’re still looking for the polar bear’s nose. On the first day He made the edges. Then Antarctica and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Ruck, jigsaw puzzles

Golf rules, OK?

Posted on January 9, 2019 by adamruck

My golf buddy and I took advantage of spring-like conditions on New Year’s Day to lock horns and put the new rules to the test on our local course.   The idea, or part of it, is to speed up play, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Ruck, golf rules

Better than sex

Posted on May 4, 2018 by adamruck

    Confirmation from my sleeping partner that valeta (‘servant going to a dance’) is a kind of waltz gave me v as the third letter of ‘it was in form when young’.  Since I already had L, e and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Ruck, crosswords

Hickory Trickery

Posted on April 18, 2018 by adamruck

  The Golf Collectors took their canvas bags and hickory sticks to Merioneth – some of them travelling by train, I trust – for their annual match against Aberdovey last Saturday.  The fixture was a couple of weeks later than … Continue reading →

Posted in golf, Wales | Tagged Aberdovey, Aberdyfi, Adam Ruck, Golf, Golf Collectors, Hickory

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