To Cortina
We woke up with sore legs, but still marvelling at the amazing experience of yesterday. We were also terribly thirsty and pretty much out of water, so no coffee! We ate some peanuts and raisins - we were also running a bit low on food. The sun was shining as we packed down the tent and got our bikes...
The Sellaronda Bike Day
Today was a huge day for us and we are really proud of what we achieved! After a breakfast of pancakes Katie and Matt left for the airport and Barney and I packed all of our stuff up. We had during the week managed to place items in nearly every room of the apartment! We found out on Friday that the...
Thiezac to Avignon
A day of lounging in the sun by the river and we were eager to be off again. We intended on continuing our windy journey southeast-ish. Up out of the valley we climbed up a hill that was steep to start but eased off towards the col. The day rolled by towards Truyère Lake (reservoir really). We origi...
Beyond Paris always in search of food
The weather clears, though it's still cold, and yes we are getting tired of writing that. We head away from the Seine and it's constant flow of towns to point SW. We decide, if a little randomly, to go to Orléans and the Brenne National Park (known for a lot of birds). We do a big day which involves...
Paris!
Wednesday afternoon saw us rolling our bikes out of St Lazare station in Paris and in to the rush hour traffic. At first slightly daunting we soon discovered that if you acted as if you owned the road that you'd probably come to little harm. Weaving our way through the in and out buses, motorbikes,...
Normandy - Blown away, quite literally at times.
Packing the house the week before we boarded the ferry it was hard to imagine being cold as we crammed the last box into the car in the warm spring weather. Though, as the day of departure drew nearer, Heather kept checking the weather forecast (some things never change) as it steadily worsened. Our...