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Secretary John Kerry taking a bike ride in Lausanne (CC BY-ND 2.0 US Mission Geneva)John Kerry returns to conquer Col de la Colombiere where he broke his leg last year
US Secretary of State John Kerry has finished the climb of the Col de Colombiere where he crashed last year, breaking his leg.
His first attempt at the ascent in France’s Haute-Savoie department was in May last year as he took a rest from nuclear talks regarding Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The 71-year-old, who was being followed by a motorcade that included paramedics and a doctor, was taken to hospital in Geneva for treatment.
Back in the Swiss city last week – this time for discussions about the situation in Syria – Kerry returned to the climb with which he had unfinished business.
According to a report on Chamonet.com, Kerry completed the ascent, accompanied this time by French police, who closed the road, with helicopters also following his progress.
That gave him a Tour de France-style experience denied to most, but was perhaps understandable given his position and the reason he was in the Alps in the first place.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
notice how there is no statement on what they will do differently with reports of bad driving.
So ... drifting off topic a bit, but the flip side of that is that where there *are* average speed cameras (which it seems now almost all drivers...
I ride to and from Manchester from where I am (just out of Bolton) and the standard of driving you see is shocking, from both a cycling and driving...
What does your local MP think about this situation? Have you raised it with them? ...
Nothing to do with any of the articles, but ...... https://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/random_photo_electric_bike.html
I'd be cautious with the £10 per month TNT offering and your expectation of what you'll get. I suspect it will simply be access to the channels....
If they also have the abilty to switch from dipped to 'full beam' they'd be interesting to know about....
and for flying mosquitoes in ww2 films
Thanks for your thoughts David. Argos is looking a good bet.
I'm pretty sure this is at least the third time the BBC have had a story on this - not sure why they keep forgetting that they've covered it.