Oh dear! What a day. I knew it was not going to be easy when it started raining as I was packing the bike. Never mind, I thought, time to take out my new wonder cape and put it to the test. Turns out it is as good as I expected and, while it does…
Category: Day report
Boooooom!
No surprise then, further along in the post I will talk about the daily accident portrayed in the featured image, but for now let me give you the flavour of an otherwise quite enjoyable day. Left at 9:30 after having had a little conversation with the hotel owner and all his family. They were obviously…
I fought the law
This is one of those post where there are so many things to talk about that it would be almost worth writing two. On the other hand that would not be right as all these things have happened in one day so, trying to be brief, I’ll put them all here. Hostel was great and…
Hola que tal?
The time has come to leave my friends behind and, along with them, France. I left without hurry this morning. It was raining when I got up but by 10:30 it had stopped and that was the cue I was waiting for. Ramona came out with me walking Burro, her Scottish Terrier, and a few…
La forêt et l’océan
The day after a very successful ride was never going to be easy, it turns out I still managed to bag 60 miles. I did not need to, the distance between where I was this morning and where I need to be tomorrow night was roughly 75 miles. It would have been easier to split…
Preparation done!
First I have to apologise to all among the three of you that read to find out about the human aspect of the trip, this post is mainly about riding. Geek riding galore I’d say. Second on the strength of this riding day I’d like the caption of the picture above to be: “I think they…
Medoc ‘me duck’
A case of “I saw this and thought of you” Mr Bills, if your out there, remember: “The French giveth, the French might taketh it away”. Some very interesting things since I last wrote. I actually rented an apartment yesterday. Sounds extravagant? it was €20. Remarkable what being off season does to prices. Granted there…
Well into the 50s
Not much to tell today, quite a few miles, sunny and another step closer to Spain. I left bright and early and made good progress, so much so that I indulged in some GoProing. The filming was not terribly successful so I will keep the footage and do more so that I can do a…
Shy birds
The weather was so much better today, not perfect mind you, there were raincloud in the distance (see above) but they did not bother me, luck was on my side today and I did zig zag between the raindrops. The towel heater did its job and the shoes were dry this morning but I decided that…