It was the 27th Edition of the International Kite Festival at the little seaside resort of Berck-sur-Mer on the Opal Coast in northern France. The wind was blowing up a gale – some of the bigger kites had had to be pulled down and anchored for health and safety reasons – after all, a 40m [...]
In summer, Les Deux Alpes, in the department of Isère in the Rhône-Alpes, becomes a popular venue for downhill and freeride mountain biking, with access to the glacier via the Jandri Express gondola lift. This opens up a vertical mile of trails down to the resort and an even bigger drop to the Barrage du [...]
You can take part in a unique cross-country race in the urban surroundings of Paris finishing in the heart of the City of Lights at the Eiffel Tower. Taking place over the weekend of the 16th and 17th March 2013, the event will be organised into two distinct days: one for the competitions and [...]
Cyclists will love this weekend Loire Valley bike ride in France with a difference. The weekend of June 22 and 23, 2013 will see thousands of visitors arrive in the beautiful retro village of Anjou for fun and festivities. The weekend will start with an homage to the Tour de France, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of [...]
Cycle from London to Paris on The Avenue Verte (Green Avenue) a cycling route of 400km which follows cycle friendly roads and paths. The organisers of Avenue Verte advise that the final route will include many greener road conversions on what will be a continuous green avenue from London to Paris via Dieppe. These two [...]
The Tour de France is considered the greatest annual bicycle race in the world – for many it is the ultimate show of athletic endurance and it is watched by millions around the world. Held in France and nearby countries the race has kept audiences enthralled since 1903 with the exception of the war years [...]
Money Can’t buy you everything – Particularly in Paris By Danny Ryan, guest Sports Correspondent and French football pundit In football, money can buy you the world’s finest players, 100,000 capacity stadiums and heck – even a state of the art training facility… but in the realms of the French League, money cannot buy you [...]
This world famous Le Mans 24 Hour Race is held each year at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The legend of Le Mans went international when iconic Hollywood actor Steve McQueen raced his car here in the 1971 Film “Le Mans” portrayed as racing driver Michael Delaney for the Gulf Porsche team. [...]
Enduropale is a legend in France – it is the event which draws together around a thousand professional and amateur bikers and 800 quad bikers to participate in an international meeting that is both exciting and unique. Enduropale kick-starts the motorsport season in February every year and it takes place on the fine sandy beaches [...]
The greatest cycle ride in the world will start on June 30th 2012. Taking place from Saturday June 30th to Sunday July 22nd 2012, the 99th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,479 kilometres. These stages have the following profiles: 9 [...]
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Well, it is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that the sheep across the road has gone to the great pasture in the sky. When I bought my house nine years ago it came with a sheep! The lady who owned the house before me had let the man across the road [...]
The allure of the good life in France and the charms of the beautiful town of Beziers ensnared British expat Mark Binmore who runs the highly successful Maison de l’Orb, a beautiful B&B. Mark told us that he lived in London since the early 1990s, worked as a pub landlord for several breweries, is the [...]
Expats in France Donna and Dave Faulkner fell in love with Deux-Sevres in the Poitou-Charentes region when they visited friends who lived there. When Dave was unexpectedly offered a job – they said goodbye to Britain and jumped head first into life in France in their new home which needed a bit of renovation as [...]
British expat Sue Aitken lives in south west France and runs Blackhen Education – a business that she set up after planning to move to Spain to be a teacher. She and her partner travelled through France on their way to jobs and a life in Spain but they fell in love with [...]
How two Brits met and changed their lives with a move to France… Chris was a veteran of 30 years in the Metropolitan police, running his own outdoor activity business specializing in mountain biking, walking and climbing, father to three grown-up children and mentor to many more. Charlotte was a classic single “Social Butterfly”, [...]
I was recently asked to write about expats in France, people who leave their homes in all areas of the world to go to France to live. I thought back over the years about the many expats I’ve met, interviewed (I am a journalist not just a crazy person going round firing questions at [...]
It’s good to know some things stay the same When my mother bought her holiday house in northern France 35 years ago, I had no idea how large a part this lovely country was going to play in my life. I was eleven at the time, and simply enjoyed the trips across the Channel [...]
As you might know by now, I cannot resist a French flea market and the one I went to on Sunday on my French countryside jaunt was particularly small and not great but on the last stall in the road there was a cage with a cockerel. The sign said “Cockerel Nagasaki €5.00”. The [...]
