“The BBC (almost) joins The Chain Gang in St Rémy de Provence” A secret pleasure of mine is watching cooking programmes on television based on regions that we visit on The Chain Gang. Not least because I can watch TV…
Visiting The Camargue On Our Languedoc Tour One of the highlights of our Languedoc tour is our visit to Aigues-Mortes. We have a look round Arles, including the spectacular Roman arena, then we leave Arles by crossing the Rhone, into…
The Capital of Burgundy is Dijon. And although this might have the old Dukes turning in their grave, these days Dijon is probably better known for Dijon Mustard than their fabulous Ducal Palace. We’ve been running tours in Burgundy since…
I can’t believe we haven’t done this before. Among Hung and Leah’s photos on our Loire Valley tour last June, there were a lot of photos of food. Some French regions are particularly noted for their distinctive food – Burgundy,…
I’m always delighted to receive photos from Chain Gang tours – especially if I woz there. Last year I was lucky enough to accompany a Dordogne bike tour with, among others, Rob Thomas, who sent me an album of photos.…
Researching for our new Burgundy bike tour, I was excited to discover a company that makes Époisses de Bourgogne cheese – and allows visitors! It’s very difficult to visit a cheesemaker, because of the hygiene regulations surrounding them. We visit…
Last month I explained why we’ve made changes to our Normandy tour. This month is my chance to tell you all about it. First off, I’m delighted. When I first researched around Normandy, back in 2011, it was a real…
In 2019, we received some bad news about one of the hotels on our Normandy Tour – they’d closed, permanently. As I mentioned in a blog post about Champagne, sometimes this doesn’t matter. Sometimes it matters a lot. In this…
Two years ago, we launched a redesigned tour of Provence Most importantly, I wanted to spend more time in Provence, rather than Languedoc (!). I wanted to explore a really interesting wine region more thoroughly; make the tour perhaps a…
Enjoy 10 minutes of a wonderful video of cycling in Languedoc. This is another of Roberto Peixoto’s videos, and maybe my favourite. What do I like about it? There are lots of clips of people smiling on their bikes –…
