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Another example of the French passion for their food, the villages of Arrens Marsous (65 Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées) in the Val d’Azun in the high Pyrenees celebrates the return of the local sheep and shepherds from the high summer pasture so that Autumn and Winter can be spent in the lower level sheltered valleys (transhumance). The ………Continue reading Pyrenees Lamb Cutlet festival The route for the 2010 version of the Tour de France has been announced. The race starts in Rotterdam on 3 July 2010 and after a few days in Holland and Belgium the route takes in Champagne and Burgundy before heading for the Alps. Then southwest through the Côtes du Rhone before skirting the southern ………Continue reading Tour de France 2010 The Basque city of Bayonne holds its annual Festival from 24-28 July 2013 During the first week of August Bayonne is ablaze in red & white with everyone dressed in the traditional white shirts and trousers and red neckerchiefs and sashes. The festival opens on the Wednesday night at 10p.m. in the town Hall square. ………Continue reading Festival in Bayonne Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees. Tour de France 2009 With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially as ………Continue reading Cycling’s Tour de France 2009 Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees. Tour de France 2009 With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially as ………Continue reading Cycling's Tour de France 2009 It sometimes seems that the French will use any excuse to hold a festival – and why not? Often it celebrates some local traditions or local speciality products, and the French can be very proud (often rightly so) of their produce, history and heritage. Hence the village of Trie-sur-Baise (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees) celebrates the Pig ………Continue reading Another Festival – Festival of the Pig! Pope Benedict will be doing his own version of the Tour de France with all its encumbent entourage, large crowds, blocked roads and hotels full in September 2008. Although the timetable is provisional at the moment, he is due to be in Paris 12-13 September 2008 to meet President Sarkozy, celebrate mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral ………Continue reading The Pope in France – September 2008 The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 11 is on Wednesday 16 July 2008 (after a rest day) and starts from Lannemezan (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees) and runs through the mountains for 167.5km to finish in Foix (09 Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees) For more on the Tour de France 2008 see www.letour.fr/ For details ………Continue reading Tour de France 2008- Stage 11:Lannemezan – Foix The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 10 is on Monday 14 July 2008 (Bastille Day) and starts from Pau (64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine) via Jurancon to Hautacam (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees) through the mountains, a route of 156km – being Bastille Day there is always tremendous pressure and expectation that a French ………Continue reading Tour de France 2008 – Stage 10: Pau – Hautacam The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 9 is on 13 July 2008 and starts from Toulouse (31 Haut-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees) and runs 224km up in to the Pyrenees to Bagnères-de-Bigorre (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi=Pyrenees) For more on the Tour de France 2008 see www.letour.fr/ For details of coverage on ITV see www.itv.com ………Continue reading Tour de France 2008: Stage 9 Toulouse – Bagnères de Bigorre |
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