Autumn Col-ours
October 6, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Col de Val Louron Azet
I could have had him
October 6, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
I just chose not to
That’s not my department
October 6, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Appropriately named Hospice de France
October 7, 2025 in France ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
I need a hospice after that climb
Strange place for a fertility clinic
October 7, 2025 in France ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Autumn Col-ours
October 7, 2025 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Col de l’Agus and Portet d’Aspet
A boulangerie that leaves a sour taste
October 8, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Amazing place. Much more lived-in village than others in the Pyrenees. Elsa and Patrick were lovely hosts in a vintage sourdough bakery. It was totally worth catching a tummy bug from the two year oldRead more
Waiting for Emilie
October 8, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
There was a house in this valley with an amazing veg garden and they were using donkeys to move firewood. The woman offered me to stay. I was so tempted as the scene was idyllic but I wanted to do theRead more
STOP welcomes careful drivers
October 8, 2025 in France ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Weirdly specific political statement…
October 9, 2025 in France ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
…to see written on a bridge, in English, in the middle of bumfuck nowhere.
Autumn Col-ours
October 10, 2025 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Col d’Agnes
We know where we’re going
February 24 in France ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
But we don’t know where we’ve been
This app only just resumed delivering for me this morning, and it suggests you have been doing crazy things around Tarascon sur Ariege. But it’s great to see you clearly thrilled to be back in the heights. [Tim]
And it’s that invigorating combination of snow and sunshine that’s giving you the boost. [Tim]
That would really interfere with my plan
February 24 in France ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
These anarchists really don’t think through the wider implications of what they’re suggesting.
Arrete immediatement
February 25 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Obviously I went past this sign and gave the workers the old ‘mi no speaka ingles’. But it was no good, and I had to turn back and get the train past the landslide.
Later on I tried to goRead more
A high point of the trip
February 26 in Andorra ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
I’ve been a bit naughty and snuck into Andorra 🤫
I feel like I didn’t get the memo
February 26 in Andorra ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
And they still get 7.5 on booking.com
February 26 in France ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Interesting to note
February 26 in France ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
That the Lidl doesn’t appear to have been set on fire 🤨
Ur
February 27 in France ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
What you can’t see, is that just out of shot, there’s a sign just to the side of this one which says ‘Caution’
Err
February 27 in France ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Why do I feel like someone was feeling indecisive when they named the villages in this area?
Genius system
February 27 in France ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
This incredible system uses fluorescent lighting so that the solar cells below can generate electricity even when the sun isn’t shining. Genius French. Why didn’t we think of that???
The worlds only rail suspension bridge
February 27 in France ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Getting some steamy action
February 28 in France ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Canigoooooooo
March 2 in France ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Fancy seeing you here
March 2 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Crossed paths with my friend Alex who’s crossing the Pyrenees north to South while I’m traversing them. Last time we cycled together it was on a lime bike with a Christmas tree in the basket.