Category Archives: Les Gets

Do I or Don’t I?

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Geoff

I have this set of magnificent maps and guides all in German of The Rhine cycle route. The question is at 1kg do I take them tomorrow? The route is in my GPS and on my Eee ( the iPad … Continue reading →

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Biking with Bikely

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Geoff

Today whilst researching my upcoming bike ride down the length of The Rhine I came across the website Bikely, this amazingly allows you to trace over Google Maps and generate gpx files that my Garmin understands. I can thus plan … Continue reading →

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I made it to Les Gets on my bike!

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Geoff

On the Tenth day I made it to Les Gets by 4pm. Two Cols climbed with  a total ascent of over 6000 feet (two Ben Nevis’s nearly) and a distance of 70 miles. Not bad at all, the total journey … Continue reading →

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Day9 Dole to Morez

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Geoff

A day in the Haut Jura. Dominated by the torrential rain and my freezing feet. They became blocks of ice on the descent into Morez through driving rain, my only thought became on how to get into a red hot … Continue reading →

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Day5 Ham to Bourg Et Comin

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Geoff

A ride through Picardie in the plus thirties. I started late as I was still trying to plot a route without to many hills. Not to successfully I might add, I have this suspicious feeling that the French canal system … Continue reading →

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Day4 Heslin to Ham

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Geoff

Another long day of over 90 miles with over 1200merres of ascent – yep it’s very hilly and you can only admire those poor sods in WW1 who fought every inch of the way. Every village and every hill has … Continue reading →

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London to Dover day2

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Geoff

A great day for biking with a nice breeze behind me most of the way. Managed to do 103miles. Which is probably first time since I was 18! Managed to do a nice circular tour from Tower Bridge to Greenwich … Continue reading →

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Getting air in Les Gets

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Geoff

Les Gets is having plenty of snow this year . Here is a snapshot of the webcam in the centre of the village, looks like they have set up a snowboard park in the village square with some guy just … Continue reading →

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Icicles at home & away

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Geoff

Whilst in Les Gets I learnt from Thierry that icicles are a sign of a poor roof or defective guttering. Today, Sally spotted this on MY house here in Cambridge. Oh dear, really don’t fancy clambering up a three extension … Continue reading →

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George arrives in Les Gets

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Geoff

My friend George, his son Graham and friend Ian, arrived somewhat earlier than anticipated at 3.30am this morning I met George when I was working at the Renishaw Iron Works in 1962. He was the assistant instructor to the redoubtable … Continue reading →

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