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The Guardian21 Jun 2013
Whether you want a challenging slog up a Tour de France col or a gentle meander between pretty villages, readers suggest a wealth of cycling holiday possibilities in the French countryside. Add a tip for next week for the chance to win a tent. WINNING TIP. La Venise Verte, Vendée ... You can get maps from tourist information ... The Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées. The Ariège is a beautiful corner of France and a delightful cycling destination ... sw109jr ... ... ....(size: 7.7Kb)
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The Independent27 May 2013
With what relish Jim Perrin must have written the dateline concluding this idiosyncratic biography. "Ariège, Bastille Day 2012". In Shipton & Tilman, the Pyrenees-based Perrin has ignited some impish Fete Nationale firecrackers of his own to slip under the door of mountaineering's conceit. His aim has been to reclaim these two explorers from an establishment within which "they never truly belonged" ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)
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The Guardian14 Sep 2012
Ariège, France. This spacious, quiet corner of the Pyrenees, with its old ways, lack of people, wealth of flowers, butterflies and birds, reminds me of how Wales was 50 years ago. The Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is extinct in Britain but still to be found in the Pyrenees. Photograph. Alamy ... I like this dog ... Today he plods along as Phoebe races in large circles round the meadow ... Fallen leaves jewel the stones ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
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The Observer15 Jul 2012
Link to this video. Countless tricolores fluttered along the roadside, but there was to be no Bastille Day joy for French riders in the 13th stage of the Tour de France ... Sunday's 14th stage starts in Limoux and takes the race through the Ariège to Foix, at the foot of the Pyrenees, with two first-category climbs, the 1,500m Port de Lers and the dauntingly steep 1,375m Mur de Péguère that begins only 50km from the finish, along the way....(size: 8.9Kb)
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The Guardian22 Jun 2012
Ariège, Pyrenees. They came to the shutters of my bedroom window, hanging upside down and peering in, calling for food European red squirrel. Photograph. Alamy. A green thrash of wind heaved among high ash trees at the end of the garden yesterday morning, a June gale sweeping through them. I caught glimpses of scurrying russet among the leaves, fetched a glass and focused on them. The young squirrels were at play ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
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Fox News04 Feb 2012
iStock. Yogis (people who practice yoga) come in all shapes and sizes ... So grab your mat and start planning your perfect yoga escape. Namaste!. Alicante, Spain ... With yoga classes suitable for all levels morning and evening, there is ample time in the middle of the day to visit the waterfalls and cave paintings of the Ariège valley, take a barge on the underground Labouiche River and explore the medieval strongholds of the Cathars. ... ....(size: 9.2Kb)
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The Guardian17 Oct 2011
Our next door neighbour has half a dozen varieties of fig tree in his garden, on the outskirts of Toulouse ... You have to act quickly with figs ... A festival dedicated to the fruit takes place every October in le Mas d'Azil, a village in the rural Ariège department an hour and a half from Toulouse in the foothills of the Pyrenees ... They cope with cold weather and dry weather ... Fig sorbet at the fig festival in le Mas d'Azil, Ariège, France ... ....(size: 5.0Kb)