Success ! All of my gear was dry this morning, the sun was out, I was warm, had breakfast and everything was good with the world again. Truth is, I would have been very happy if only half of those things had happened, so it was going to be a good day. I had breakfast …
After all of the bell ringing last night,I had a slow and sleepy start to the day. I rode through the town, looked around, tried another bike shop, found a bakery and a grocery store, loaded up and got going. The first ten or fifteen kms of the ride were again, just perfect. Then some …
Yesterday’s train problems meant that I arrived at the hotel at midnight. Ok, I bought a kebab on the way but it was still midnight and part of the time was spent manoeuvring the bike up three flights of narrow windy stairs. Breakfast was beautiful french bread and coffee. So nice, I didn’t want to …
The predicted rain didn’t happen, and the expected sumptuous breakfast was disappointing. No matter. It was Saturday and there’d be food along the way, especially in the morning. The goal today was to get to St.Mitre Les Remparts which was about 70kms to the south. My hotel was on the south side of the old …
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After a filling breakfast I was underway fairly early and hardly stopped for a good 20kms. I think that’s the key to arriving somewhere before 5pm rather than after 6pm (which I’m a little sick of doing). The Via Rhona is a great and popular bike route. The difference with others that I’ve done is …
Today was more of the same from yesterday, as you’d expect. There wouldn’t be many landscape changes until after Avignon. That said, it was interesting and nice the whole way. Muesli and coffee got me going for what was expected to be a 93km day of flat riding near the Rhone. It turned out to …
I slept well and woke to the sound of rain outside. I really didn’t want to hurry out and get wet. Olivier made me some breakfast which was unexpected and really appreciated. We talked about many things over baguette, eggs and a couple of coffees. It turns out that Olivier is a musician, composer and …
The cyclists all got up at different times and started their days. One guy was on a Brompton folding bike with only two small bags. He was gone very early. I went into the town and had a look around. It’s an old, walled city. The walls are of the scale of those in Lucca, …
I had a late night last night, as I had the urge to watch some more Ted Lasso. I’m a sucker for stories about coaches. It didn’t matter as I needed to leave Strasbourg via Decathlon with two new water bottles and they weren’t open until 10am. The other bottles were turning green. I went …
It was sad to say goodbye to Miles and Clare. I loved spending five days with them – it was nonstop fun and great talking with good friends. Outside Roettingen, the valley quickly narrowed and the road turned uphill towards Rothenberg. It was good riding and there was lots to see. Rothenburg was a place …
