#Day 110 Scent of pine
Labouheyre to Lesperon – 33km 27C Terrain: a bit of sand (eek), off road gravel and road. Today’s route was really quite beautiful. There’s just something about the south of France in warm weather. Going through these forests, the smell of pine mixed with other vegetation is just so familiar and special. It makes me […] Read More
#Day108 #voltwomen
Moustey to Labouheyre – 24km 25C Terrain: flat roads. No sand today 🙂 I’m feeling very proud and honoured today. A social media movement called #voltwomen posted about me and this vivrunseurope project (raising awareness for the plight of refugees and funds for the British Red Cross) on Instagram. A complete and wonderful surprise. […] Read More
#Day107 I don’t like sand!
Le Barp to Moustey – 35km 25C Terrain: flat roads, undulating roads and SAND!!! Back on the road solo today. Mum kindly dropped me off and there I was again, off on my own. It’s pretty difficult to say bye and I found the first bit of today emotionally quite challenging. I now tell myself […] Read More
#Day106 Beautiful Bordeaux
2 rest days then… Bordeaux to Le Barp – 34km 22C Terrain: flat roads and dirt tracks. Bordeaux is quite simply beautiful. Mum, Jo and I have had the most wonderful couple of days, eating, chatting in cafes and discovering Bordeaux. While I don’t like comparing, it does feel like a smaller version of Paris […] Read More
#Day103 Happy happy happy
Margaux to Bordeaux – 32km 20C Terrain: flat roads. I met my mum and my friend Jo in Bordeaux today, so so happy! It’s so special that they have come to see me and I’m really looking forward to a couple of rest days exploring Bordeaux with them. Yippee. None of us have ever been […] Read More
#Day102 What a day
Saint Aubin de Blaye to Margaux – 29km 20C Terrain: flat with a dedicated cycle route (!) for part of the way. Dad, I’m in Margaux!!!! (think bottle in Hong Kong 🙂 ) It’s been quite a day. The first part was fabulous. It started with this. I then […] Read More
#Day101 More beautiful light
Saint Genis de Saintonge to Saint Aubin de Blaye – 30km 19C Terrain: some very hilly roads. Another chilly start but yet again, the light in the morning was simply a treat. I leave when it’s light but the sun hasn’t yet come up and because the weather has been so lovely, I just get […] Read More
#Day100! Who would have thought!
Saintes to Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge – 38km 17C Terrain: flat and hilly road and off-road. 100 days! Woop! Who would have thought? Certainly not me. I want to start today’s post by thanking my family and friends (and people I have never met) for the phenomenal love and support I have received so far, it warms my […] Read More