Alexis Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I've got itchy feet again.I have been watching the Tour more avidly than usual to see if I spot an area I might like to flit too. Still lots of days to go but I've not found anywhere I like the look of more than Brittany.I fancy going to Italy for a year or two. Rent somewhere and just eat pasta and relax.When he retires..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-R Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Watch on Saturday when it comes to Cathar country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hegs Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Richard,I cycled about half of Saturdays route in reverse from Couiza to Narbonne a month ago, and did about 15kms extra each end to my house and to Gruissan... wow what an experience, the range of countrysides, the smells, the towns, gorges, rocks, castles crossing the Corbieres, the sea, descending into Narbonne... I can't imagine there is a more varied area of France with so many varied landscapes in such a small area as the Aude!I will be glued to the TV Saturday then go watch the real thing in the Ariege Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 I'm worried about the heat down South as I don't think that I could stand it.That and the prices of the houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Alexis, now how can you beat Brittany. All very well looking at the country side but chosing where to live surely has something to do with the people and how can you beat the bretons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 [quote]Alexis, now how can you beat Brittany. All very well looking at the country side but chosing where to live surely has something to do with the people and how can you beat the bretons?[/quote]Quite right TU !After two nights celebrating and another do on Saturday, we have had some real good laughs here in Brittany.The do last night was like being back in the 60's in a village hall in Gloucester where my sister lived. Peter Kay's version of kids at a wedding could not have been truer, kids skidding past on the seat of their well worn shorts, the oldest and unfittest lasting better than many of the young on the floor. Val de Rance our local "cider brewery" supplied the booze and boy does that Breton sound go on and on and on........Mmm might go to the casino instead on Saturday As far as seeing all the lovely places, where we were once, near Manosque (Greoux les Bains and Pierrevert)is superb, the countryside, and the mountains and the sea but a fairly short drive away but sadly one has to juggle having a life and ensuring the kids have one as well. So for us down here, we have vibrant places close to us all year round so.............It boils down really to what one's needs are I guess but solitude can get me down sometimes, guess it's the townie in me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 It is these itchy feet.....I would keep this house so I can always come back."The other man's grass is always greener tra la la"Still like it best here countryside wise. All those sapins would drive me crazy. This morning every field had something different in and I like that. Just like my bit of Yorkshire.Got to be close to the sea too. Just have to know it is there.The blooming Bretons woke me up last night laughing and talking on their way to the fireworks. OH is mornings so we were in bed....I was just going to get up and walk down when I heard the explosions and decided if I went, I would have already missed half. Then, when OH got up at 2.30, I heard them coming back again.....I shall have to have a lie down this afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I get itchy feet too, only I usually ease them with holidays. Once the feeling is there we have to be off somewhere. We nearly moved on from France to Grand Canary 18 years ago, so I do understand.Are you a Thursday's child too, me and husband both are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Born on a Monday.I hadn't realised how flat it is around Montpelier.Don't know what SB was going on about about the traffic....didn't see hardly any cars on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Okay, Alexis, how about a house swap? I'll go up north and rediscover the joys of varied vegetation, land that goes up and down, rock pools with funny things in, and a real sea with real tides. Oh, and decent music too.You can come down south and investigate the more subtle contours of the Montpellier region. Experience the unending delight of miles of golden sand, at the side of a tideless sea, where you can sit right under the flight path of the planes coming into the airport. They have been known to spread the contents of their toilets locally. The flamingoes are quite cute. We could start off with a short trial period of, say, 10 years? Did you all see me waving at the helicopter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 I tried spell check and I thought I should really look to see how SB spells Montpellier but didn't....and I got it wrong! It didn't look right either. Durh!You can come up here anytime you like but I think I will stay put for the moment. Was that you in the sparkly boob tube and the hot pants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Was that you in the sparkly boob tube and the hot pants?YES!!! Well, I mean maybe, or possibly not. It's likely to be entirely probable that it maybe wasn't. And yet if it had a red overheated face, it almost certainly was. I wasn't on a bike, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janey Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I was waving too SB. I was the one in a filthy dirty white t shirt. Went to Uzes to help a friend and forgot the Tour was passing through,tried every route possible to get home but all the roads were closed. Had to sit in the sun for nearly 3 hrs,dirty,hungry,thirsty and HOT mind you Lance wasn,t bad..well I think it was Lance.Janey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 They pass so quickly don't they? You see more on the telly.I saw you though Janey. White stilettos, fish nets ...but oooooohhhhh SO thin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpprh Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 " I hadn't realised how flat it is around Montpelier."It is only flat between the hills ! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 17, 2005 Author Share Posted July 17, 2005 Flat is flat.As someone who lived on the Vale of York, I know flatNice today though wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 "Seen an area on the Tour you fancy?"Di's attention seems to focus on the parts encased in lycra immediately above the saddle - with no particular affiliation to team, nationality etcJohnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Ohhh errrr, John has no idea how he got the red background - but will try to replicate it if pushed. Probably the colour of my face after he gives out all my secrets - I like watching rugby as well - same reason, nice rear end view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 I don't know whether I am taking more of an interest this year or what but when you actually look at their faces, some of the riders are very nice looking indeed! There is Cedric and Carlos and Thor and George.....It is going to be exciting next year when the course is a big battleground.Rest day today. What am I going to do with myself this afters??Have any of you been on the www.sauvezgerard.fr site? I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letrangere Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Too many, didn't Revel look nice today? You all say the riders just speed through but there was a huge gap today between the leaders and the rest, and around ten minutes or so between the front and the slackers at the back. Doesn't it make you want to pick up a bike and have a go? Looks such fun. But has anyone been around one of the refreshment stations after the race has been through? How many people does it take to clear up the mess after they've been fed and watered and thrown all their bottles and plastic bags around? M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 Yes, I liked the area very much today. We got to see so much of it as the peloton were on a go-slow and why not after all their hard work? Apparantly, Lance Armstrong had the time for a cup of coffee and Stuart O'Grady had a can of Coke.They discussed the rubbish issue last week on Vélo Club and most of the déchets get taken home as souvenirs apparently but they have an equipe who follow the route taken to clean up.Loved the sunflowers. You don't often see them up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 ".....Lance Armstrong had the time for a cup of coffee and Stuart O'Grady had a can of Coke"Foreign Wusses. The French riders had a 4 course meal with wine and coffee and all for under 10€ and still rode well during the time they ate (fairly well anyway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 Oh Miki! Don't start me off!I love the little black and white films they show of earlier races when REAL men had a couple of tyres across their chests and they stopped for a beer.You might have heard me shouting at the telly....you are only about 60km away.Did you see that some person had put drawing pins on the road yesterday? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 1 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 [quote]Watch on Saturday when it comes to Cathar country.[/quote]Have you ever considered a motor caravan as a way of dealing with itchy feet?Last week we met and chatted for a while with a retired man who mainly toured France in a motor caravan for about 9 months every year. He did this on his own in a fully kitted out and spacious twin axle motor caravan, with satellite TV, a scooter in a special integral locker, solar panel on the roof etc. He was enthusiastic about it, so it was quite appealing. On the Internet I have read of people who have and are doing this as a world tour.Incidentally he did not use camp sites but parked alongside canals, lakes, rivers, sea etc. Apparently 'wild camping' is acceptable throughout most of Europe, and of course is free.It quite appeals to us, but we are reluctant to shell out about £50,000 to provide the level of travelling luxury he had, and we would aspire to.It may be the solution, however, because I get bored after just a couple of months in one location. It could possibly satisfy your itchy feet!(Sorry wrong quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 Actually, my inheritance from my Dad is his motorhome. I will have to poison him! He is up in Kelso at the moment on a rally.This could be where I get my itchy feet from - years of driving around Europe stopping where we fancied.Actually though, when I think about it, I could have just inherited the Itchy Feet Gene from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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