http://www.francethisway.com/wp Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Tue, 22 May 2012 06:28:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/an-uphill-struggle/2011/03/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/an-uphill-struggle/2011/03/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:09:03 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=2730 Sorry for my absence for the last few days – how time flies by when the sun shines and there’s a million things to get done! One little pleasure I had yesterday was to get out on the bike for a few hours in the sunshine. There is a ‘marked cycle route’ that goes past [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/an-uphill-struggle/2011/03/feed/ 6 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/tour-de-france-2010/2010/07/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/tour-de-france-2010/2010/07/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:57 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=2128 I haven’t mentioned cycling for a long time, my own rather poor efforts to cycle short distances at slow speed not being very interesting, but I thought I’d give a special mention to the Tour de France 2010, which is turning out to be one of the best for years and is about to reach [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/tour-de-france-2010/2010/07/feed/ 2 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-for-a-living-in-france/2010/01/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-for-a-living-in-france/2010/01/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:27:33 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1615 For those of us trying to make a living in France there are numerous possibilities – mostly sharing the common feature that they don’t really make very much money. So I was pleased to see that France was listed as offering one of the ‘Top 10 jobs in the world’ – that of cycling around [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-for-a-living-in-france/2010/01/feed/ 5 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/big-day-for-boris/2009/08/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/big-day-for-boris/2009/08/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:04:42 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1168 Today was one of the few days in the year that I look forward to and dread at the same time – the day when we (myself and the local chap I usually cycle with) go out for a bike ride with the regional cycling group. It’s all very nice thinking you’re doing a great [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/big-day-for-boris/2009/08/feed/ 1 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/mad-dogs-and-expat-cyclists/2009/08/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/mad-dogs-and-expat-cyclists/2009/08/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:10:25 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1152 Occasional storms aside, it has been very hot and sunny down here for a very long time. This is good for holidaymakers, who expect nothing less, and less good for the garden, as many plants have long since abandoned all hope of rain and chosen instead to shrivel away and wait for winter. While the [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/mad-dogs-and-expat-cyclists/2009/08/feed/ 1 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/sorry-i-didnt-hear-that/2009/07/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/sorry-i-didnt-hear-that/2009/07/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:20:06 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1087 I’ve avoided talking about the Tour de France this week, because I know that 99% of readers will go off and have a nice cup of tea instead, but today there is an experiment in the competition that is interesting even if you couldn’t care less about the race itself, so I’m going to tell [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/sorry-i-didnt-hear-that/2009/07/feed/ 7 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/epo-on-wheels-starts-next-week/2009/06/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/epo-on-wheels-starts-next-week/2009/06/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:12:12 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1052 The Tour de France starts next week, and has the potential to be the most interesting Tour for years. It is the only sporting event I have any interest in so bear with me… The course has been well planned, especially the idea of fighting out the last but one day on Mont Ventoux, to [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/epo-on-wheels-starts-next-week/2009/06/feed/ 5 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/best-french-regions-for-cycling/2009/06/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/best-french-regions-for-cycling/2009/06/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:41:21 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1043 I’m without a bike this morning – it seems I have been overdoing it and have stretched the chain! Result is I can’t go out for a ride, which always puts me in a bad humour for the day. Not that I’m any good you understand, I can’t imagine how I stretched a chain, but [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/best-french-regions-for-cycling/2009/06/feed/ 7 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-the-dordogne-i-think/2009/02/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-the-dordogne-i-think/2009/02/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:38:10 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=678 This week it’s sunshine and the open road that’s kept me amused and off the computer, and I’m pleased to report that there are already more cyclists on the road than normal for this time of year. Undoubtedly there are a couple of reasons for this enthusiasm: 1) Cycling is free! It’s also great fun [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-the-dordogne-i-think/2009/02/feed/ 10 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-the-marais-poitevin/2008/08/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-the-marais-poitevin/2008/08/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:50:39 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=294 The Marais Poitevin is a marsh region between Marans and Niort in southern Vendee / northern Poitou-Charentes. A fascinating and unusual region, where silent tree-lined canals traverse the tranquil landscape. Sounds interesting I thought, and yesterday I sketched out a bike route on the map which would take me past some of the highlights. The [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/cycling-the-marais-poitevin/2008/08/feed/ 2