Category Archives: Bicycling in the Dordogne

A smoother ride

Posted on July 30, 2020 by loren24250

Perhaps you have a holiday home in the Greater Daglan Area, and haven’t been able to visit because of pandemic-related travel restrictions. Even so, you’ll probably recognize the view below — and you’ll also know what’s new about it. Yes, … Continue reading →

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Return of the (mountain) bikers

Posted on April 22, 2019 by loren24250

This past weekend was the occasion for some serious, national-level competition among off-road bicycle racers — the kind of young daredevils who ride what the French call a VTT, which stands for an all-terrain bicycle. The competition was held once … Continue reading →

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A toasty day for a hundred K

Posted on April 22, 2018 by loren24250

Clear blue skies. Barely a breeze. Temperatures hovering around 28 Celsius (82.4 F) at 4 in the afternoon. Perfect conditions for a long run, you say? Not if you’re running distance — and yesterday’s race in the Greater Daglan Area … Continue reading →

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Our own velvet fog

Posted on October 29, 2017 by loren24250

More experienced (that is, older) readers may remember the talented American musician, Mel Torme (1925 – 1999). His vocal style was so smooth that he was dubbed The Velvet Fog. In the Greater Daglan Area, at this time of year, … Continue reading →

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A taste of the Tour, 2017

Posted on July 14, 2017 by loren24250

The Tour de France passed through the Greater Daglan Area this past Tuesday (July 11), leaving lots of residents happy, and a bit fatigued. We were among them. For my wife Jan and me, it was our fourth personal encounter … Continue reading →

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The Tour: On your mark, set, camp!

Posted on July 10, 2017 by loren24250

Every time that my wife Jan and I encounter the Tour de France in person, we learn something new. Yesterday (Sunday), we learned that some people are very — very — serious about getting themselves in place to watch the … Continue reading →

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Progress report — early July 2017

Posted on July 8, 2017 by loren24250

I am a resolute supporter of progress, believing that a Continuous Improvement Program should be part of everyone’s life (and that includes every home, every business, every government, and so on). And I am delighted to report that our little … Continue reading →

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Thrills (and possibly spills) in the hills

Posted on March 28, 2017 by loren24250

Most of us like our sidewalks, paths, streets, roads and highways to be smooth. But there is at least one group of riders who prefer their roads to be rocky: the cyclists who ride cross-country (with a lot of downhill … Continue reading →

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Lose a tea room, gain a café

Posted on January 6, 2017 by loren24250

It’s something like one step backward, and then one step ahead. It seems definite that our village is losing its tea room, Le Thé Vert, as owners Judith and Paul Thomason have decided to sell their place and move back … Continue reading →

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Let The Season begin!

Posted on April 30, 2016 by loren24250

Tomorrow is the 1st of May, and with May comes the real beginning of The Season in Daglan — the start of the annual flood of vacationers that reaches its peak in July and August. And today, Saturday, was the first … Continue reading →

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