What’s it like driving a 2CV around Paris?
I’d always wanted to try driving a 2CV, ever since hiring an original Fiat 500 for the day in Tuscany, Italy. On this occasion, though, as we were in the centre of Paris and not out in the countryside I thought it better to have a guide drive us around instead. We were in Paris…
Paris marathon tips – 26.2 to get you started
The Paris Marathon is the unofficial number 7 in the world after the “big six” of London, Berlin, Chicago, Boston, New York and Tokyo. With a start line along the Champs Élysées it’s certainly a marvellous location if you want to tick a foreign marathon off your “bucket list”. Applying in October for the April race…
9 tips to painting the road at the Tour de France
Every year the Tour de France rolls into town. Once again you’ll see those magnificent men on their cycling machines taking on the best the mountains can throw at them. Back in 2009 Mont Ventoux was on the route and we had the unoriginal idea of painting the road. We daubed a big Union Flag…