HikingEurope.org: Le Tour Du Mont Blanc – Teaser
Here’s a short teaser video for a film that I’m currently putting together to tell the story of my two-week hike along the Tour du Mont Blanc earlier in the month. Enjoy!
Paris: ร Vรฉlo (Vรฉlibโ)
Following my arrival in the Alps (see previous posts) I embarked upon a two-week trek along (most of) the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB), one of the worldโs classic hikes. Keep scrolling for a selection of photos but before you do, I did manage to squeeze in some cycling whilst passing through Paris on my way home. Yesterday evening, with a hiking colleague from the TMB group who had also made the correct decision to take the train home rather than fly, I cycled from my hotel down to the Eiffel Tower. This morning I set off again on a short Parisian odyssey on one of the Vรฉlibโ eBikes taking in the Louvre, Champs รlysรฉes, Arc de Triomphe, Seine (a bit bumpy of the cobbles!) and back to the Gare du Nord.
Crossing Europeโฆ By Train – Part 4
Destination reached. Now for two weeks hiking around Mont Blanc.
Crossing Europeโฆ By Train – Part 3
I was a little concerned by the accommodation situation this morning. But in the end it turned out OK. A cheap room – by Annecy standards – turned up on Booking.com and I snapped it up. Itโs a ground floor room built for those with access needs. It would have been perfect if Iโd had the bike with me. But I donโtโฆ
Crossing Europeโฆ By Train – Part 2
And today, a bus. If Iโd set off at the crack of dawn I could have caught a direct regional TER to โDijon. There are a couple every day from Paris Bercy station but I didnโt and neither did I fancy a long wait until the later train. So, I caught a TER to Laroche Migennes (no, Iโd never heard of it either until this morning) where I could catch a โTER Busโ.
Crossing Europeโฆ By Train – Part 1
Iโm off on my summer travelsโฆ but without the bike and initially on the train. Or, rather, quite a few trains. My plan is to get as far as Chamonix by Saturday afternoon where I will meet up with a group of people for a guided hiking holiday – the Tour de Mont Blanc – and I am current awaiting the departure of my next train from one of Parisโ lesser-known stations, Bercy.
Cycle Magazine: Le Grand Tour – Now Available Online
If you are a member of Cycling UK and pay your ยฃ4 every month, you will hopefully have had the opportunity to read my account of last year’s Grand Tour that appeared in the June / July 2023 issue of Cycle Magazine. (If you are not a member, why not?? It’s a bargain and the magazine is one of the best cycling reads that you can get your hands on; real people, real cycling, real stories…)
Yorkshire Day Special: Cycling The Way Of The Roses
To celebrate Yorkshire Day 2023, another opportunity to listen to a Yorkshire-themed podcast (albeit one that starts in Lancashire).
“Andrew P. Sykes takes The Cycling Europe Podcast out on the cycle path and travels from Morecambe on Lancashire’s west coast to the county’s historical capital at Lancaster, across the Pennines and through Yorkshire via Settle and Ripon, completing his trip in that county’s historical capital at York. The Way of the Roses is a route of contrasting landscapes and, at times, challenging terrain; join Andrew (and his bicycle Wanda) as they spend three days following one of northern England’s most popular cycle routes. The music is composed and played by Rob Ainsley. More of Robโs music can be found on his website e2e.bike.”
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