In the summer it is too hot for us to do this walk/trot/run as there is little shade so we decided to try it earlier in the season.

Variation on a theme, the Rilleux le Pape tour in the reverse direction.

Le 7 Laux ski resort closed on March 29th due to storm Nelson. Lord Nelson? The perfidious Albion has struck again, ruining the locals' plans for skiing.

A tour via the Parc Miribel Jonage and Rilleux la Pape.  The first 15km are largely on cycle lanes although one runs alongside the Autoroute in places.

The Col de la Loge is nestled in the heart of the Massif Central region of France between Saint-Etienne, Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon.. . It has activities throughout the year.

The cross country ski area of Meygal offers 44km of varied trails between 1200 and 1450 meters altitude.

48 days after my operation for a broken femur a bit of gentle classic skiing on the Beldina pistes. The ski resort of les 7 laux was totally rammed but I found a space at the Nordic car park.

The only good day of the week was an excuse to take the morning off work to do some chores (cake baking !) and get in an early lunch nordic ski at Chamrousse.

Return to the 7 Laux but despite and early start and quiet pistes it took us quite a bit of time to get started. Maybe the ski on the Pleynet side, with its slow lift was the cause.

A short afternoon nordic ski tour to check out the slopes of the Charmant Som. The snow was not too bad considering it had rained a bit.