A New President
Two of our Chain Gang regulars were at the inauguration as volunteers, Gary Ford and Lisa Taverna.
-
Call us on +44 1392 66 22 62
Category Company
What to think of our anti-doping authorities?
Catching up with cycling news from the end of 2008 ( CyclingNews – great website with all the news of the professional race scene), I saw that Floyd Landis was planning to pursue legal proceedings in the USA. Having won…
Josephine Baker
Ernest Hemingway described her as “...the most sensational woman anyone ever saw", and Shirley Bassey paid her an astonishing tribute when she said “...I have never seen, and probably never shall see again, such a spectacular singer and performer."
The Tour de France and the Dreyfus Affair.
Every year I look forward to the Tour de France as one of my highlights of the sporting year. I was fascinated recently to learn about the links between the Tour de France and the notorious Dreyfus affair of late…
Rompicollo
I was reminded today of something that happened back in October. For the last two years, on our Tuscany tour, we’ve used a beautiful villa as an overspill hotel when we stay at the Casa Aiola in Vagliagli. As well…
What Do You Write About In Newsletters?
And we’ll try to include news about France, Italy, food and wine, because secretly that’s what we actually do.
‘Credit Crunch’? Pull The Other One! – (‘or why it’s no fun for us, either’).
This year has been one of mixed fortunes for us at The Chain Gang.
Click, Click, Click
Back in the Eighties there was a fabulous animated version of The Wind In The Willows, featuring David Jason as Toad. I bought quite a few sets as gifts for children and adults, I thought they were hilarious. I’ve no…
Swimming in Dijon
A few weeks ago we had an incident in Dijon with a very funny ending. I hope Sasha will forgive me, as he’s the butt of the joke, but he’s such a nice bloke I think we’ll be OK. They’ve…
Saumur might just be the bike capital of the world.
Recently a friend of mine, Mike Pattenden, spent a week in the Loire Valley. Anybody who’s cycled with us this year will have a water bottle designed by Mike’s wife – so too our brochure. He took the chance to…
