Where have the last nearly 6 weeks gone. At the start of this adventure, it felt as if we had all the time in the world, yet the days have slipped by so easily, and tomorrow morning we will say goodbye to the van that has been such a comfortable home for our time here. … More Day 39 – A perfect last day with the van
Yesterday, we arrived at Susumi, at the park-up we had chosen, after a delightful drive down the Kii Peninsula from Koyasan. We arrived, just as the sun was sinking into the sea, and it was a glorious sight. It was very easy to understand why this is included in the top 100 places to watch … More Day 30 – We like Wakayama Prefecture.
When we woke to the sound of rain during the night, we had a feeling that today may not be as nice as we had hoped, for our planned pedal over the bridges and islands of the Shimanami Kaido Cycle Route. But, when we woke with the sunrise at just before 6, the sky had … More Day 23 – Cycling the Shimanami Kaido Cycle Route
We’re so pleased that we stayed the extra night at the parking on Mount Shiube. After watching the boats disappear into the night, and the lights starting to twinkle on the horizon, we went to bed listening to the sound of the insect chatter, which sent us straight off to sleep, a little before 9pm. … More Day 22 – Samurai Armour is amazing
Yesterday’s walk to the Takaya Shrine left us a bit weary last night, but we had a little wander around the Observation Deck to one side of the parking, before settling into our chairs and just watching the boats make their way through the bay, below us. There is something rather wonderful about an ever-changing … More Day 21 – Wow, what a view to wake up to.
We woke this morning, realising that 2 weeks ago, we were at Heathrow and boarding a plane to fly out for this adventure. We were nervous, excited, a little bit worried and really not sure how we would get on. Now, 2 weeks have flown by, and Japan is already under our skin, with all … More Day 14 – What? 2 weeks already!
After yesterday’s lovely ride around the lakes, we decided to stay another night and head off, on the bikes, to explore in the opposite direction. It was just so lovely to be able to ride again, especially as we haven’t really been on the bikes since finishing our cycle down through France, just over a … More Day 13 – Another day, another bike ride.
Since deciding to accept that we will just ride from Duras to Bordeaux and avoid the storms that had been predicted, we’ve just relaxed into enjoying our time here. Today, we decided that as we cycled in from the north, pedalled the roads to the east yesterday, and will be riding out west to Bordeaux … More Day 15 … Second breakfast in Marmande.
We’re so pleased that we had been carefully watching the weather forecasts over the last few days. Big storms had been predicted and we had been re-planning the ride to try to avoid the worst of them. We have been keenly watching the changing forecasts on Meteo France and what we like to call Inaccuweather, … More Day 10… Well, that was wet!
We had such a lovely evening yesterday, staying in the camp site that we had visited so many times before, albeit, the last time being in 1999. We did the evening walk that had been our favourite walk, all those years ago, taking the quiet road to the Tour de Broue, the last remaining part … More Day 9 whoops, where are we staying?
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