Monthly Archives: August 2010
The 2010 Tour de France and L’Etape du Tour Trip Wrap Up
2010 was a doozy of a trip for TDF Tips. I, and my equally loony travel partner, the inimitable Michael J Brown, took off around the world to tackle L’Etape, eat croissants, drink (usually bad) coffee, drink some sneaky Heinekens, … Continue reading
Avoiding an International Mobile Phone Bill Blowout
I wrote a post over on tourdefrancetips.com today about how to avoid an overseas phone bill of $2000. I’ve reproduced it below, as I think it’s useful for all travellers who are taking their smart (e.g. iPhone) phones. This post … Continue reading
France 2010: Final Day – the Aubisque and Marie Blanque
Sadly our last day was upon us. I’d not had anywhere near enough riding so was glad to be heading out for a final long hit out in delightful warm France. I keenly felt the approaching return home as I’d … Continue reading
Gear review: Lowepro CompuRover AW Backpack
*Apologies for the sometimes-less-than-optimal photos, I was late for my plane. With the advent of cheap prosumer digital SLRs, I thought it would be interesting to review my new Lowepro Compurover AW backpack to help you decide upon a backpack … Continue reading
2010 TDF: Stage 18 from the road
After the let-downs of Stage 16 and Stage 17 (at least in terms of photos, and compared to last year), we headed into Salies-de-Béarn for the start of Stage 18. We dropped Andrew off at the Pau train station (which … Continue reading
2010 TDF: Stage 17 from the road
Well, sometimes you plan and make allowances and things just go wrong. Our plan this day was to get to the Col du Marie Blanque, the first climb of the stage and only 30km from where we were staying, and … Continue reading