Hotel Amadeus Vichy
88 Rue Marechal Lyautey Vichy, Auvergne, France
Travel Blogs Nearby
Bully, Beaujolais and Big Bellies
... wine from his small organic vineyards; a number of growers have pooled their resources into a kind of consortium. Among Vincent’s peers, there is a tension between their (sometimes fierce) intra-local competition, and collective protection and promotion of their way of wine-making in the face of the ongoing assault of the New World growers on their old world ways. For Vincent, it seems that reinventing Beaujolais for a new generation must begin, ...
High on a hill stood a campsite......
Saturday 11th June 2011
Off today, packed Sonia up – am sure we are getting better, but we always seem to be the entertainment for other campers! Himself wants to go to the village that was Clochemerle! For those under 105 and me included this was a BBC series back in the 70's and very popular. A lot of it revolves around a small parochial village and the addition of a pissoir by the mayor! An amount of driving through small ...
Nice lazy day
... the sights and giving my body a chance to rest. Now having additional problems with chafing so bought some more Compeed blister plasters to offer some protection.
The owner of my hotel and a couple of his friends have expressed serious misgivings about my proposed 120km route tomorrow. They think the route on a national road is too risky for a cyclist and have suggested another on quiter roads, but with much tougher climbs. It's about the same distance and ...
Mountains on the Horizon
... route, which at one point directed me up an impossibly steep gradient that also happened to display 'no entry' signs. So I ignored the computer and found my own way to the charming little Hotel St Joseph, where I got a warm welcome from the rugby-loving owner (Clermont-F just won the French championship - he told me several times :) He was wearing a C-F rugby top and asked what team I supported. When I said Wasps, he looked at my yellow ...
Getting further North now
... Clermont-Ferrand, and only came off it to go through Millau (we'd "done" the viaduct on a previous trip, now wanted to see the town). Arrived at Camping Municipal at Ceyrat, at 18.30 - had to phone for entry as the office shut at 6! 2396 miles, so 209 ...


