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HiptriptipTrip-advice of the month |
Biggin Hill airport, UK & the link with Pink Floyd & the Da Vinci Code Source Picture: Wikipedia
Source picture: Pascal Brackman
Gorge du Tarn, near Florac, with its famous 'Festival de la Soupe' Source Picture: Wikipedia
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Bicycle ride of the Hell of Ashdown The Catford Cycling Club is promoting the HELL of ASHDOWN Challenge cyclosportive on the 1st of February 2009. You feel like climbing 4 hills and joining the 50km or 110 km version? Check out the routes and their website. The route is located near the aerodrome of Biggin Hill, which was mentioned in the Da Vinci Code: the airport is the scene of landing of Sir Leigh Teabing's private yet. This area was also the principal fighter base protecting London in the Battle of Britain during World War II. And its runway also appears on the back cover of Pink Floyd's album Ummagumma.
Walk in Bergues Citytrips and walks are getting popular, now the winter is knocking on the door. A tip is the small but very friendly town of Bergues near Calais. You might have heard about the French movie"Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis". This is the place where it all happens....
Route of the Festival de la Soupe This motor/car trip takes you to the Gorge dur Tarn and to Florac (France). Florac is famous for its 'Festival de la Soupe', in the beginning of November. As a visitor you are asked to join the jury to judge the soups! Have a look at the route and the story... |
FarosRouteYou-groups in the spotlight |
The group of this month is Happy Five. Its created by Henk Dekker and provides a nice set of cycling routes in the UK. |
KnuggetsPast Route-knuggets |
| Abbey of Melk, Wachau, Austria |
Pytheas's ChoiceGlobespot of the month |
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Every month, we ask somebody to be a modern Pytheas and tell us something about the most amazing place they have ever experienced, and explain why this is!
Globespot of the month: Hawaii Loa Ridge, island of Oahu, Hawai
Are you our next Pytheas of the Month? Tell us about the most amazing globe-spot you have ever experienced! Or alternatively, ask a friend who you think has a favourite globe-spot and would like to share it with the RouteYou community.
Nadar's PicturePicture of the month |
| As picture of the month, we have a talk about pictures, showing many great shots. It's a talk by David Griffin, working for National Geographic. A video worth watching. It's got examples of quite a few amazing places in this world. Amazing in the good and bad sense. The talk is broadcasted on TED.
Check out this link
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Gluring TuringThe Techy-spot |
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Every month, we nominate a more technical item here which is linked to RouteYou activities, directly or indirectly. We have named this item in honor of Alan Turing.
This Gluring Turing puts the website amiando in the picture.
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