Up top there was about a foot of snow, but it was hard and seemed rideable so I continued on.

Barry - on left - has spent much of his life in the South Pacific and Australia. He started complaining about the cold here, back when I was still wearing shorts!

But we’re slowly converting him.

Gale force winds last night have tilted a tree in my backyard. I awoke and it was pouring, but I really felt like riding.

The hourly weather forecast predicted two hours without rain, so I put on my cycling gear.

There are endless cycling trails around the Geneva area. It’s just a question of knowing them. Today, Doreen and I did a beautiful leisurely 2 hour ride on various paths just west of the city. The perfect weather continues.

Another beautiful day. The Fall colors are out in full force. Barry and I rode from Switzerland into France to the Juras near Thoiry up a quiet road to Le Tiocan - a scenic lookout point overlooking Geneva and the Lake.

In the fall and winter in the Alps it is often cold, cloudy and dark. But to find the sun, often it’s only a matter of going up high.
So I snuck out the back door and cycled up the mountain behind my house - Le Saleve. And Voila! At about 1,300 […]

I have the good fortune to live part way up a mountain. Le Saleve is the massif to the Southwest of Geneva on the edge of the French Alps. From my house there are several great, quiet routes to the top. Up top you can ride the length of the massif for […]

My legs were sore and stiff from yesterday’s huge ride (175 very energetic kilometres!). The wind was howling, it was raining, and it was the coldest day by far in several weeks. The last thing I wanted to do was ride.
But I had promised someone I didn’t know visiting from Washington […]

Although I bike a lot, until today I had never cycled 100 kms - a century. Today I not only rode a metric century but an imperial century as well.
Today Martin and I rode in the annual cyclo tour of Lake Geneva (a 176 kilometres around the lake - starting in Lausanne). […]

In the Alps, you can always find snow - if you go high enough.
We have skiied many times at Flaine - its probably the highest resort near Geneva. It was 25°C (77°F) at the start, but i knew the 21 km route with 1,350 metres of ascent would lead me to cooler weather, […]