A Bike, A Banana And A Camera

The three trigger-happy members of the Dagg household headed off for a session at the shooting club this morning, so I got on my bike armed with a banana to keep me going and my camera – as ever. I wanted to go and see what was going on at eolienne (wind turbine) 3. (There [...]

Croix de Peuple – The People’s Cross

A couple of days ago, Chris, Rors and I went for a bike ride to the Croix de Peuple  a few kilometres outside Vijon in Indre. Neither of our idle teens felt like joining us this time! The Croix de Peuple is a tremendous iron cross on a stoney platform on top of a hill [...]

French Revolutions – Book Review

Time for a seasonal book review. The Tour de France is in its last exciting week, so here’s a look at French Revolutions: cycling the Tour de France by Tim Moore.
I stumbled upon this book listed on Gerry Patterson’s cycling website. Parsimonious as ever, I got a budget copy from Amazon marketplace since there was [...]

Good Start to Summer

The summer holidays have got off to a good start. OK, we’re getting up a bit later than usual, but the animals don’t seem to notice that breakfast has been moved back a little. So long as food and water arrive, they’re happy.We’ve mended fences, cycled, swum, pottered, gardened, worked – all very satisfying.
And great [...]