Why I stopped writing my blog! So, I tried writing this blog on the road, and it was just too difficult, especially as I had to ride, plan, ride, plan, ride, do, visit, eat, wash, wash clothes, wash pots, ride, plan, find places to stay, talk, enjoy, breathe, relax, watch sunsets, visit friends, talk to…
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Mont St Michele in the cold light of day
After I returned from Mont St Michele I lay in my tent listening to the rain, and soon fell asleep, groggy with a stupefying sense of wonder. The desire to put a plug in my ear long gone. The next day I woke early, keen to see the Abbey (which unlike the city itself…
Why you should always arrive at Mont St Michel at night on your bike in a rainstorm!
There are many ways to arrive at Mont St Michel but by bike in the dark in a rain storm is one I would recommend highly. Why turn up in a chauffeur driven car, a taxi, a horse drawn carriage or even one of the free push me pull me buses (the driver can drive…
Remembering the dignity of freedom in a small town in Normandy
Escaping the heat of a 24 degree October day in a small ferry terminus near Fouras in Southern France with a still sea view and an hour or so to kill before a boat can take me to the home Napoleon lived in before he was exiled to Saint Helena I find myself with time…
How I came to miss the Bayeux tapestry and was surprised on the toilet by a French doctor
I am a hypochondriac traveller. I have something in one of my bags for anything that might happen to me on this trip. From an Emergency survival kit and storm shelter, down to first aid kit and a pair of tweezers. I even bought rescue remedy. I have never bought rescue remedy before not having…
Cycling the Normandie beach landing sites
The ferry journey from Portsmouth to Caen is the closest I could find to the route taken by British soldiers in their liberation of Normandie on June 6th 1944 – D Day. It arrives not in fact in Caen but in the port of Ouisterham, adjacent to the long thin stretch of sand now known…
Cycling to Portsmouth
Had an amazing day cycling to Portsmouth today. 1 mile in Machynlleth. 7 hours on 3 trains. 1 mile in Portsmouth. Cycling holidays are so easy. My Gazelle is a massive carrying horse. My Gazelle is a Dutch bike in case you’re worried I’ve ditched my vegan principles and taken up savannah rustling. Although I…
Why am I attempting to visit all 27 countries in the EU before March 2019?
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