The Heap

The Heap is the affectionate name for my 20 year old mountain bike that these days serves as general hack for nipping around local villages or shopping trips into Sète, which is about 12ks away. Anyway, one morning last week I popped over to the next village - Montbazin - to buy bread, and was impressed by the amount of poppies everywhere. There seem to be more than usual this year. I happened to have my camera in my rucksack so snapped a pic which I thought turned out really well, and honouring The Heap with a nice photo is the least I can do considering the service he's given over the years.

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VTT ride

I prefer road bikes to off-road, but I do have a hardtail mountain bike that I enjoy riding occasionally. Someone bought me a small guide to MTB rides in l'Herault for christmas and I completed the first one last week. The "maps" in the guide leave alot to be desired and I got lost twice, so although the distance was supposed to be 25ks, I ended up doing more like 30! Typical "April shower" weather meant it was gloriously sunny one moment and raining the next. Actually got wet at one point but soon dried out in the strong wind and had an enjoyable afternoon.