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February 2010

Spring has arrived.

26 February 2010
Col de Croix Blanche

Spring has arrived in the Pyrenées.  After 4 months of  snow and ice the sun is getting the upper hand, flowers are growing in the garden and  I went cycling in shorts for the first time this year, it was 15°c but felt much warmer in the warm sunshine. I went over the Col du Croix [...]

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Skiing at Hautacam

23 February 2010
Skiing Hautacam

Skiing at Hautacam today, photo taken at Col de Tramassel.You might like:Ride With GPS:I have started to use a new site for logging rides called Ride With GPS. http://ridewithgps.com/ R…First Summer Lightning StormWe have had very hot weather for the last 2 days and the inevitable lighting storm has just passed…Stage 16Mike Leaman from Newport in Wales [...]

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In the grip of winter!

19 February 2010
Winter in Gavarnie

Winter is maintaining its grip on the Pyrenees, Meteo France say it is the coldest February for 47 years. This photo of the Cirque du Gavarnie shows the highest waterfall in Europe, which falls for 422m, it has been frozen solid for the last 3 months and will be for at least another. This cliff [...]

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Le Tour de France, 2011, 2012, 2013.

9 February 2010

Update: 02 July 2011: Page on the 2012 Tour de France route. http://www.velopeloton.com/tour-de-france-2012/ Update: 21 August 2010: I have added a page on the 2011 Tour de France route. It is still 5 months before this years Tour de France, the excitement is slowly building to what will be an amazing week here in the Lavedan [...]

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Lanso

9 February 2010

The weather has turned cold again and looks set to remain that way for another week so there won’t be much cycling this week; I’ll console myself with the Tour de Qatar on Eurosport and the Tour de Mediterranean next week. After that spring should be along anytime, already I can see signs of it [...]

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Moon Rise over Hautacam

3 February 2010
Moon Rise Hautacam-St-Savin

Just about midnight the full moon came up from behind Hautacam, as seen from one of our bedrooms. You might like:Joyeux Noël.We wish all our customers and website visitors a happy Christmas and prosperous new year. Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Pyrenées Early morning spin up Hautacam, the warmest day of the year so far, it’s [...]

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