Virginia creeper changing colour
Over the last week or so the change in the colours in Touraine has started to accelerate. Our Virginia creeper has started to turn its customary glorious deep red before the leaves finally tumble to the ground.
Yesterday the latest edition of the Paris-Tours cycle race (La classique des feuilles mortes) was run. Oscar Freire was the winner of the final edition to finish on the famous Avenue de Grammont – one of the mythical sprint finishes as the road is straight for 2700 metres with the finish close to the Hotel de Ville in central Tours. The race was first run in 1896. Although it originally started from Paris it now starts at St-Arnould-en-Yvelines, some 50 km south of the capital. The construction of the new tramway means that it will not be possible to use Grammont in the future.
Yesterday the latest edition of the Paris-Tours cycle race (La classique des feuilles mortes) was run. Oscar Freire was the winner of the final edition to finish on the famous Avenue de Grammont – one of the mythical sprint finishes as the road is straight for 2700 metres with the finish close to the Hotel de Ville in central Tours. The race was first run in 1896. Although it originally started from Paris it now starts at St-Arnould-en-Yvelines, some 50 km south of the capital. The construction of the new tramway means that it will not be possible to use Grammont in the future.
