February 2010

Spring has arrived.

February 26, 2010

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

February 23, 2010

Skiing at Hautacam today, photo taken at Col de Tramassel.

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In the grip of winter!

February 19, 2010

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.

February 9, 2010

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 Valley with the Etape on Sunday 18th and then Stage 16 on [...]

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Lanso

February 9, 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

February 3, 2010

Just about midnight the full moon came up from behind Hautacam, as seen from one of our bedrooms.

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