After arriving at the parking spot last night, with Mount Fuji clearly visible in the early evening light, we had great hopes of seeing it at sunrise. But, when we woke, the clouds had rolled in and it had disappeared, which was a shame. But we knew to expect it, so weren’t too disappointed. Sadly, … More Day 6 – Heading into the mountains
I’ve mentioned before that this is going to be a very busy autumn for us, and we hardly finished putting everything away from the cycle ride, before packing again for a trip that we’ve wanted to do, for a long time. It may seem a bit odd to say that the cycle ride home wasn’t … More Time for the next adventure
Last night, we had a long chat about the plans for the next few days, coupled with looking at every possible weather forecast we could find, hoping that one may give us (even the slimmest chance) of being able to camp (storm-free) on Wednesday night. But however hard we sought for a glimmer of hope, … More Day 14 … Exploring the Dropt valley
All I can say, is that cycling 740km to Angouleme to watch the first rugby match of the season for Provence, was worth every turn of the pedal. We had spent a lovely afternoon exploring the town, before I put on my Provence T-Shirt to wear to the match. I have carried it in my … More Day 11 … Into the Dordogne
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 the most superb day off yesterday with our friends in the Marais Breton. They took us across the ancient tidal Causeway onto the Ile de Noirmoutier, which we hadn’t visited before. The Causeway is an incredible road that is only accessible for a couple of hours, either side of low tide, and is … More Day 5 From one Marais to another
After the stresses of yesterday’s trip to Portsmouth Day 1 – What! no train?, we fell into an anxiety hangover and a deep sleep on the overnight ferry to Saint Malo, waking at 5, about an hour before the ship’s alarm went off. It gave us time to finally put to bed the worries that … More Day 2 – Well that was soggy! Saint Malo to Montfort sur Meu
After an incredibly busy, last three and a half weeks, it’s hard to actually believe that in a little over 12 hours time, we will have loaded the bikes with everything we need, and will be beginning to turn the pedals, at the start of our latest cycling adventure. We finished our summer events on … More Time for the next adventure
We always knew that these few weeks back in the UK would pass by in a flash, but if I’m honest, I didn’t imagine that it would be quite this quick. As I start typing this, 2 weeks have already passed, since we were on Mont Ventoux watching the most amazing day’s racing in this … More A glimpse forward in time from the Quay at Swanage
I can hardly believe that I am writing this post from Venice, after our long-planned, anniversary trip nearly came off the rails a few weeks ago, when life threw another (rather large and totally unexpected) rock across our path. Over the last few years, life seems to have formed a nasty little habit of throwing … More Exploring Venice
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