As an aviation enthusiast who lives near Toulouse I have always had mixed feelings about the Airbus Factory Tour at Toulouse Blagnac. The primary tour in recent times has been that of the Airbus A380 plant. In fact, one does not see the assembly side but one looks over three Airbus A380 aircraft inside the [...]
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Hill cycling certainly has its ups and down but so too does canal cycling. The one of the few ‘downs’ of canal cycling is that you have to pedal continuously to keep up – no downhills for one to make a ones average speed whilst having a breather. Both hill cycling and canal cycling are [...]
Courier companies in this part of the world have a bad reputation. DHL Toulouse, France, is no exception. My aunt came here to visit me all the way from New Zealand. Unfortunately her new Drivers Licence only arrived at home the day after her departure for Europe and so the family retained DHL to deliver [...]
This is a delightful ride and fairly short too. Saint-Cyprien has a colourful Sunday morning market which is certainly worth visiting. I normally park at Blagnac near the aeroport and cycle from there but today I drove into Toulouse and parked in the underground parking at Saint-Cyprien. This is a route which is published in [...]
It you want to cycle from Toulouse Blagnac Aeroport into Toulouse, here is your route: If you want to cycle back to the aeroport from the city then follow this: If you would like the Garmin Edge 800 files then please contact me via the Contact section of this blog. I would like to acknowledge [...]
This 16 km route (8 km aller et 8 km retour) is an easy one and most pleasurable. If you would like the Garmin Edge 800 files then please contact me through the Contact section of this blog.
Jonathan Ricketts and I started out in Toulouse on the morning of Saturday 30 April 2011 and cycled the 49 km to Port Lauragais where we stayed the night. Sunday’s ride was to Carcassonne but, due to heavy headwinds, we did this leg in reverse. Geoff Cook drove us from Port Lauragais to Carcassonne and [...]
Today’s ride of 69 km was along what is called the Voie Verte Itinéraire Airbus A380 en Haute-Garonne. Having clicked on this link, and opened the page, then also click on “Descriptif” – and use a translate program! The website belongs to Les Véloroutes et Voies Vertes de France (“AF3V”) and contains a wealth of [...]
Unlike many regions of France Midi-Pyrénées is not a historic province. It is actually a 20th century invention, created as a result of the “regionalisation” process that took place in the 1970s. Like the Pays de la Loire region further north, Midi-Pyrénées was established in order to create a region around a regional metropolis, in [...]
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