I own and ride a Marin Palisades Lite 1992 in Marseille and a 2022 Specialized Rockhopper Expert 29 in Keswick.
Ride out from Keswick to Portinscale, where the hikers take the path for Cat Bells (451 m.). Bit of fun in Brandlehow Woods: relatively dry but enough muddy leaves, rocky fords plus a couple of extended technical downhill sections good enough to climb back up and ride again. Crossing the River Derwent at the footbridge opposite the Lodore Falls.
More photos: Derwent Water, the muddy way round - Lake District National Park
Le Maïdo overlook (2205 m.) to the Mafate crater, Cilaos and Salazie beyond.
An intense mountain bike ride from the volcano crater overlook at Le Maïdo (2205 m.) down to the beach on the Indian Ocean at Saint-Gilles-les-Bains. Massive altitude drop over about 32 km of off-road trails, with some technical cuts through tropical jungle.
More photos: Volcano to ocean: MTB descent from Le Maïdo (2205 m) - Île de la Réunion
Round Latrigg (368 m.) on my Rockhopper MTB. Lots of fun cracking the tyres through frozen puddles. Skidding and power slides at different places than riding mud. Iced beck run-off needs concentration and fast reactions but I never seriously lost control. A fiery sunset over Grizedale Pike.
A chilly and blustery Mistral at the beach (just 9°C) so I headed inland and up the rock for a bit of altitude to warm the legs up. Marseille is at heart an agglomeration of Provençal hill villages which are revealed with a bit of exploration. Today I visited le Roucas Blanc, Bompard, and came down through Périer. The cathedral is Notre-Dame de la Garde, which dominates Marseille and its bay.
Then a Sunday treat from the patisserie: ask for an Opéra.
Satisfaction at getting to one of the beach park gyms in Marseille after an early start in London for the dawn flight up out of the anticyclonic gloom. Fine aerial views from the A320 of Mont Ventoux, the Écrins and the Alps.
Great to cycle with no wind and to enjoy blue sky and sunshine. Hardly anyone around at the Borély beach gym as 14°C in the shade counts as too cold here.