I go on holiday to France and I love the place. The terrain- the people and the weather. Favourite area is any where there are mountains or at least hilly country to test my riding on. But I also lived in France 35 years ago. Those areas that I love to go to for a couple of weeks in summer also have some pretty grotty weather at other times of the year. I once spent a month at Marseille in the height of the summer. You couldn't do any physical activity after about 10 am. Too hot- too humid and the thunderstorms that would roll across the area meant that you had to carry a good waterproof all the time. Then there was the time I went to Paris --In late July. Why do you think the Parisiens re-locate in that month. For the same reasons as I found in Marseilles.

I'll stay where I am where I can get a good summer's riding and put up with the wind and the rain and the frost for the rest of the year.