September 2006
A great month for biking - Basel was blessed with great weather (OK pretty typical for Southern Alsace / Black Forest for this time of year, but interesting to see that it is constantly one or two degrees warmer here than on the Swiss midlands, and often sunnier).
Did lots of biking in the Chrischona area with Melissa and Simon. Ducking in and out of Germany we managed to find two great new trails and some other potentially nice offerings, but which need some horticultural work (!). All of this stuff is perfectly sessionable mid-week because of how close it is to the city, so no excuses not to get out there really. Oh, and we found a new kebab house on the way home.
One September weekend excursion took us into the Jura where we checked out the trail from the Rechtenberg westwards towards Delémont. This consisted of a very long ridgeline singletrack with some tough climbs (often too steep if I'm honest!) and not many good views as nearly the whole hill is in forest... some of the descending, however, was excellent. Would go back if there weren't a thousand and one other places to go.
The month was rounded off with a fantastic (mostly sunny) weekend in the Tarentaise, where we got to introduce nine very friendly and enthusiastic lads from the West Midlands to the wonders of Les Arcs.
Did lots of biking in the Chrischona area with Melissa and Simon. Ducking in and out of Germany we managed to find two great new trails and some other potentially nice offerings, but which need some horticultural work (!). All of this stuff is perfectly sessionable mid-week because of how close it is to the city, so no excuses not to get out there really. Oh, and we found a new kebab house on the way home.
One September weekend excursion took us into the Jura where we checked out the trail from the Rechtenberg westwards towards Delémont. This consisted of a very long ridgeline singletrack with some tough climbs (often too steep if I'm honest!) and not many good views as nearly the whole hill is in forest... some of the descending, however, was excellent. Would go back if there weren't a thousand and one other places to go.
The month was rounded off with a fantastic (mostly sunny) weekend in the Tarentaise, where we got to introduce nine very friendly and enthusiastic lads from the West Midlands to the wonders of Les Arcs.
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