Monthly Archives: February 2009

Urban climbing – a photo essay

Riding through the countryside, on quiet roads in the forests and mountains, provides a singular experience. Nature is like a comforting blanket, soothing, giving relief to the senses. It is like a departure from the real world that most of us inhabit, a fantasy world devoid of traffic and noise and smog and the detritus …

February 18, 2009 – 7:57 pm | By Guy WR | Posted in Local Climbs | Comments (0)

René Vietto – Part 3: the return of the king

The 1939 Tour de France concluded just before Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939. The threat of Fascism an outright aggression from Germany and Italy had been building during the 1930s and France – mindful of the horrors of a European war just two decades previously – took a defensive position both politically and …

February 12, 2009 – 7:51 pm | By Guy WR | Posted in Classic Stages, Climbers | Tagged , , | Comments (2)