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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
  • Ridgeway Rides
  • Travel Notes, Updates, Feedback
  • Hotel Archive
  • Contact Adam
  • Adam’s Blog
    • All Blog Posts
    • Skiing Posts

Tag Archives: Grimentz

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

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

Grimentz: good career prospects for traffic wardens

Posted on February 14, 2014 by adamruck

Switzerland’s third largest cable car has opened, bigger than many a ski chalet in the vieux village and only five weeks late.  At a cost of 32 million francs (£23m), the new lift links the neighbouring ski areas of Zinal … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing, Switzerland | Tagged Adam Ruck, Grimentz, Skiing, Switzerland, Zinal

Where to ski at half term

Posted on November 6, 2013 by adamruck

Heard on Radio 4: outraged parents complaining to earnest consumer journalists – You and Yours, perhaps? – about the scandal of tour operators charging extra during the school holidays. Rampant profiteering at the expense of poor powerless parents!  A shameful … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing | Tagged Adam Ruck, Andermatt, Gargellen, Grimentz, half term, Jackson Hole, Murren, Skiing, Ste Foy, Vallorcine

I love Grimentz, but ….

Posted on April 21, 2013 by adamruck

I would like to make it clear from the start that I love Grimentz, the prettiest ski village in Switzerland.  Like many others, I fell for it at first sight which in my case was on an excursion from Crans … Continue reading →

Posted in Skiing, Switzerland, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Ruck, Crans Montana, Grimentz, Skiing, Switzerland, Val d'Anniviers, Zinal

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