Fotos: Lookin' back @2014 (part 3)

July: trip with ABS Wine Agencies to Germany which included visiting Ernie Loosen's vineyards on the Mosel and to Helmut Dönnhoff on the Nahe.

 July: Barges on the Mosel 

Bridge to nowhere?

building the controversial bridge over Mosel

 The vineyards of Helmut Dönnhoff 

 River Nahe

Helmut Dönnhoff: a King of Riesling!

August: Syke

In August we took our now annual holiday in Scotland – this year Syke and John O'Groats.  

 The Cullins: two views 

Old Man of Storr

From Raasay towards 'mainland' Syke

John O'Groats Hotel

September: La Bourgueillothérapie

 

Eddy Oosterlinck - Bracke (Domaine de la Juchepie)

Just after he had bought my special shirt@auction in Bourgueil

September: Charity ride down the Loire to raise money for two cancer charities

At the start (a cold Mont Gerbier de Jonc) of my 1078 kilometre ride 

down the Loire from the source to the Atlantic  

Just to the west of Nevers: the Allier before it joins the Loire

La Baule: journey's end

(above and below)

CRM: my great and essential support team

 

2014 La Bourgueillothérapie; photo expo – de Nicolas à Patrice ouvertes

Expo photo@Café de la Promenade, Bourgueil

It's been a very good day so far. Firstly a very enjoyable bike ride from Epeigné-les-Bois across to Bourgueil passing via Tours. It was great to be able to avoid virtually any heavy traffic with the vast majority of the route either on very minor roads or dedicated walking and cycle paths. East of Tours I certainly needed the mountain bike, as a road bike wouldn't have coped with the bare earth tracks. After Tours when I picked up the Loire à vélo route it was different – metalled tracks and very well signposted.

Once I got to Café de la Promenade it was time to put up my photo expo called de Nicolas à Patrice (from Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil through to Saint-Patrice). This is part of the 2014 La Bourgueillothérapie.There are 35 framed photos mainly portraits of producers and other personalities from this area. All the photos are priced@60€ with 50€ going to La Croix Rouge (La Bourgueillothérapie's chosen charity this year). The remaining 10€ is to cover the cost of the frames, photographic paper and the printing ink.