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Grenoble: Small city in the mountains -
22 Nov:
The gateway to the Alps... not much else to say...
23 Nov:
Actually, when I wrote that I thought it was true - the train ride here was less than spectacular and upon entering the city and moving from the station to the hotel it seemed to offer very little in the way of culture or interest.
...but after exploring the area a ...
#11 Clem's place
I am keeping this short this morning and will edit this evening when we arrive in the French Riviera... The video is of Clem's home the morning after we arrived. We feel so fortunate that we had the opportunity to stay at their beautiful maison. They had a wonderful authentic dinner for us last night including beef, chicken, duck with salad and au gratin potatoes. The aperitif was ham leg and sausison (sp) which was very good. We spent the evening with ...
Last day - a bit of a wreck, but I loved it
... and we stopped for photos so I won't bother with the data. 40 minute deep stretching session with Steph. I've discovered some really good deep stretches which I'm going to incorporate, especially for the glutes and quads. To do when I return - Book another holiday - Always buy fish from Morrison's (and never again from Tesco or Asda) This is my final entry. I hope you enjoyed this blog as much as I enjoyed writing it. Bye for ...
Day 5 - Just like Scotland: mountains & rain
... desserts, including how they are made and where the ingredients come from. The one thing he omitted was the fact that the brioche bread and butter pudding was laced with whisky. I do love the French attitude to food. This was totally indulgent, but red meat is the best source of iron for runners. Without it, there is a risk of iron depletion, which means reduced hemoglobin in the red blood cells, so less oxygen reaches the muscles resulting in reduced VO2 max and Lactic ...
A busy "rest day"
... with a lot of distance but I felt it was the motorcyclists that were the most dangerous. They came speeding down the hill (and going up it) and turned blind corners at such high speeds that if there was oncoming traffic, it was almost certain to have caused an accident. Whenever I heard a motorcyclist coming, I hugged the side of the mountain and gave them as much of the road so that they didn’t pass too closely to me.
I managed to stay in my second ...