@slow-the-beat-down.bsky.social
Moved to rural France for a slower pace of life…trying to do everything by bicycle.
First cold morning of the season in the Gorges d’Aveyron…
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
First cold morning of the season in the Gorges d’Aveyron…
Vintage ride today
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Vintage ride today
Sunday market under the turning leaves…
October 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Sunday market under the turning leaves…
Market day…
October 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Market day…
A most odd cross. Apparently raised to ward off the Phylloxera in the late nineteenth century.
August 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A most odd cross. Apparently raised to ward off the Phylloxera in the late nineteenth century.
The old aqueduct at Negrepelisse…
August 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The old aqueduct at Negrepelisse…
Village fete, yesterday evening.
August 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Village fete, yesterday evening.
The flowers are falling from our Japanese Pagoda tree. They must be still full of nectar as the bees are going inside them. They roll around, as if in the throes of passion!
August 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The flowers are falling from our Japanese Pagoda tree. They must be still full of nectar as the bees are going inside them. They roll around, as if in the throes of passion!
Generally taking these snaps when out cycling…This was in early spring-this year was incredible for blossom.
July 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Generally taking these snaps when out cycling…This was in early spring-this year was incredible for blossom.
Harvest home…
July 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Harvest home…
I’m going to post pretty pictures from our area hoping they make people happy.
July 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’m going to post pretty pictures from our area hoping they make people happy.
@bellacycling.bsky.social great new videos! Bit of living vicariously for me as I had to abandon my cross Pyrenees adventure this May due to food poisoning. Ironically, at Lourdes! I know that station (and its ‘facilities’) well…
July 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
@bellacycling.bsky.social great new videos! Bit of living vicariously for me as I had to abandon my cross Pyrenees adventure this May due to food poisoning. Ironically, at Lourdes! I know that station (and its ‘facilities’) well…
Waiting for the Tour
July 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Waiting for the Tour
Foggy start to Pyrenees tour…
May 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Foggy start to Pyrenees tour…
@TRIP-US this episode a real sales pitch for BTC. Very disappointed.
January 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@TRIP-US this episode a real sales pitch for BTC. Very disappointed.
Information for heat pump skeptics: it’s -7 outside and we’re toasty inside. Only heating is our heat pump running a blower inside. The meter shows it’s using 2.2 kW. This is heating our downstairs, which is open-plan 14m x 6m, in an old uninsulated stone farmhouse…
January 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Information for heat pump skeptics: it’s -7 outside and we’re toasty inside. Only heating is our heat pump running a blower inside. The meter shows it’s using 2.2 kW. This is heating our downstairs, which is open-plan 14m x 6m, in an old uninsulated stone farmhouse…
Matching jacket and fruit on this morning’s ride to the market…
November 23, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Matching jacket and fruit on this morning’s ride to the market…
Gaillac Primeur night…
November 22, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Gaillac Primeur night…
Reposted
Listening to Marquee Moon on the train back from Paris. Such a truly brilliant and beautiful album though wondering if the extravagant electric guitar might not be rather unfashionable these days.
September 6, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Listening to Marquee Moon on the train back from Paris. Such a truly brilliant and beautiful album though wondering if the extravagant electric guitar might not be rather unfashionable these days.
Fetching raw milk to make kefir
August 24, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Fetching raw milk to make kefir
Collecting flour to (finally) start a sourdough. This mill started in 1181! I wonder how many sourdoughs it has fed, and how old the oldest is.
August 23, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Collecting flour to (finally) start a sourdough. This mill started in 1181! I wonder how many sourdoughs it has fed, and how old the oldest is.