On the first of May 2017, Margot and I packed our bikes onto a plane to Paris. Then, breathing deeply of second-hand cigarette smoke, we put them together in a taxi rank at Charles de Gaulle airport and rode off
Cycling in Tuscany
It’s not that great – well, actually it is. Our organised cycling tour in Tuscany began in Lucca, where Margot and I had already spent a couple of days. It’s a beautiful medieval walled town, and a tourist town, so
Cycling in the Vercors
Or – how to succeed in the French Alps without really trying. So, my understanding is that the Vercors is part of the French Alps, but not the nasty pointy part, more the gentle but still spectacular part. We were
les vélos qui sont Paris
I’ve been fascinated by the all the bikes here, the way people use them and how they interact while riding them. I’ve been peering at old bikes chained to fences and noticing the huge variety of riders as they whizz
A Visit to the Museum
The Gallery of Palaeontology at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris encapsulates all that I love about nineteenth century French architecture. First of all there’s the scale. There’s something special about French public buildings from this time. To