It’s hard to believe that it’s only just 5 weeks since we arrived back from our little jaunt on the bikes, along the south coast. In many ways it feels as if a lifetime has passed since then, and yet in other ways it feels as if we’ve only been back a few days It … More A joyful ray of sunshine between the storms
After the excitement of arriving in Aigues Mortes, during its Fete Votive, and the sight of the bulls and horses charging through the streets, we woke early the next morning and packed the bikes again, for the ride from the village to the beautiful small town of Saint Rémy de Provence. On the ride through … More Bikes and Brocante Day 7 … Aigues Mortes to Saint Rémy
We topped off the first day’s ride and train journey, with a lovely walk around the narrow and colorful streets of Montpellier, before having supper in one of the old city’s vibrant squares. I do love Montpellier, it’s always a great place to explore, with its stunning architecture, beautiful trompe l’oeils and superb artisan studios … More Bikes and Brocante … Day 2, Montpellier to Pezenas
Honestly, it’s hard to believe that 4 months have passed since we did our cycle ride from Devon to Provence. Where has this year gone? The summer has been an absolute whirlwind and our feet haven’t touched the ground, so we thought we needed to have a few days away together, just to settle ourselves … More Bikes and Brocante … Day 1 Caseneuve to Montpellier
It’s hard to believe that we only finished the ride a few days ago, as life has been a bit full-tilt since we pedalled back up the hill to the house, and finally unstrapped the bags from the bikes. The grins are still there though, as they come from deep inside, pushed up on a … More Saddlebag of Memories… A few days on… What we learned
It’s quite hard to believe that today is the last day of our ride down through France, to our home in The Luberon. In many ways it feels as if it is months, since we left Devon, yet at the same time, it feels as if we left just a couple of days ago. I … More Saddlebag of Memories… Day 17… Tarascon to Home
After yesterday’s (at times frustrating) ride, we spent a perfect evening, having a slow supper, with a very lovely bottle of wine….. and ambling around the beautiful streets of Aigues-Mortes, listening to the swifts screaming down the streets, as the sun started to set We slept well, which has been a recurring theme of this … More Saddlebag of Memories… Day 16… Aigues-Mortes to Tarascon
We woke up early this morning, feeling refreshed and well rested after our day off in Pézenas. In fact we woke up so early, that we were pushing the fully laden bikes out of the apartment at 7.30am, getting a few funny looks from people, just coming out to walk their dogs. We had decided … More Saddlebag of Memories… Day 15… Pézenas to Aigues-Mortes
It seems really strange to say this, but today is our last day off the bikes, before the start of the last few days of cycling, back to The Luberon After arriving yesterday, we dropped everything off in the apartment and went out to explore the town, which is certainly one of our favourite little … More Saddlebag of Memories… Day 14… Day off in Pézenas
Our decision to potter back to Provence, rather than trying to get there as quickly as possible was the right thing to do, as the last couple of days have been particularly lovely. Although we have still been watching the storms, we have been sensible and made sure that the rides we have planned, get … More Saddlebag of Memories… Day 13… Capestang to Pezenas
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