Awards and citations:


1997: Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Noble Cuvée Award for investigations into Champagne for the Millennium investment scams

2001: Le Prix Champagne Lanson Ivory Award for investdrinks.org

2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

2011: Robert M. Parker, Jnr: ‘This blogger...’:

2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Monday 6 June 2011

Translayon 2011: the start and finish

Ready for the start in Cléré-sur-Layon (3rd June)
They're off!

Yesterday afternoon we finished the 82 kilometres of so of the Translayon (3rd-5th June) at Chalonnes-sur-Loire, where the Layon joins La Loire. As I suspected there was no possibility of an internet connection while we were on the walk. Even if there was we would hardly have had the time and almost certainly not the energy to post. After the first day, especially, we were completely 'crevette'!
The group finishes@Chalonnes-sur-Loire


CRM's delight@finishing

Posts on the individual days to come.

3 comments:

Luc Charlier said...

Well done, CRM and Jim.
We were all getting worried after such a long silence, in spite of the forewarning.
But tell me, is it true one could spot a station wagon with UK number plate picking up walkers in hiding along the road? I don’t believe the first word of it.

Jim's Loire said...
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Jim's Loire said...

Luc – As ever delightfully lucid!