View from the Back
Ramblings of a retiree in France
Tag: Menton
Thursday doors #93
My last batch of doors from Menton’s Old Town. Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own… Continue Reading “Thursday doors #93”
Thursday doors #92
A few more doors from Menton’s Old Town. Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own Thursday… Continue Reading “Thursday doors #92”
Thursday doors #91
Here are a few more doors from Menton’s Old Town. Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your… Continue Reading “Thursday doors #91”
Thursday doors #90
Today, and for the next few weeks, my selection of doors comes from Menton’s Old Town. Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join… Continue Reading “Thursday doors #90”
French Riviera: Must See Places
Most of us can only dream about where we’d like to visit next however I would encourage you to do more than just dream. Plan and prepare for when we can all travel again. I’m conscious that many of you only have a few… Continue Reading “French Riviera: Must See Places”
A trip to Menton
All too often we just cycle through Menton on our way to Italy for a coffee or use it as a gateway to the Col de la Madone. The other afternoon, we decided to pay its Old Town a visit. When life gives you… Continue Reading “A trip to Menton”
The Musette: Inspired by Menton’s Fete du Citron
Every year incredible vast sculptures are created from lemons and oranges for the famous Menton Lemon Festival. This year’s theme was Broadway shows. Coincidentally, it’s generally around this time of year that I make my beloved a batch of marmalade from in-season bitter oranges.… Continue Reading “The Musette: Inspired by Menton’s Fete du Citron”
Lazy Sundays
When doing a sportif I haven’t done before I like to be as well prepared as possible. Ahead of todays’ L’Etape du Tour du Haut Var, my beloved and I visited Montauroux yesterday afternoon to pick up our numbers and check out some of the parcours. I’m reasonably… Continue Reading “Lazy Sundays”
Lazy Sunday afternoons
My beloved returned yesterday evening from a hectic week in the UK. I let him sleep in this morning as there was no pointage, just a club ride to Aspremont. Instead, we decided to ride over to Menton and tackle the Col de la… Continue Reading “Lazy Sunday afternoons”
Forewarned
The sun was shining, my bike was calling but my programme said “rest”. I couldn’t do it. Having missed yesterday’s ride, my beloved and I sought to replicate it today. We made good time, despite heavy traffic. It took us two hours to ride to… Continue Reading “Forewarned”
View from the Back 