Just ask the cyclists competing in the Tour de France. Races are won and lost. Teams’ needs change. Competitors move on: sometimes of their own volition and sometimes not. With the summer upon us the Tour de France is underway. The professional cyclists have been training for years. Over the past year, teams have been […]
2012
Crossing the Pyrenees at Night
In the book, “Killing a Mouse on Sunday” the Basque protagonist set out to sneak back into Franco’s Spain by crossing the Pyrenees on a cloudy night without using a torch. When the moonlight was obscured he found himself alone, and stuck in total darkness. There are times when we may feel a long way […]