Aulnay to Saint-Jean d’Angely – 20km 20C Terrain: fairly flat road and off-road. A short one today and not too much to report really. The sun was out so it was pretty warm again, nice. Spotted a bee keeper’s paradise. Lines. […]Read More
Melle to Aulnay – 33km 26C Terrain: undulating road and off-road. A beautiful day for many reasons. I left Christiane and Daniel Cornuau with a packed lunch and a smile on my face, really lovely people. Then I watched the sun finish rising as I started on my way, stunning. Sunburst and sunflowers. […]Read More
Rest day! 26C Fabulously sunny weather for my rest day, beautiful. Following my short video yesterday, I wanted to float an idea. If anyone has any questions they would be interested in knowing the answers to, please don’t hesitate to post them on this blog or contact me another way (twitter, facebook, email). I’m thinking […]Read More
Lusignan to Melle – 39km 19C Terrain: fairly flat roads. I’ve arrived in Melle and am so ready for a rest day! Yay! I haven’t seen much of Melle yet but I don’t think it’s very big. Looking forward to going for a wander, eating and maybe even […]Read More
Poitiers to Lusignan – 28km 15C Terrain: fairly flat roads. Today was one of those days when as I was leaving this morning my body was shouting at me, NOOOOO! But actually, once the blood started flowing it was ok. Fortunately, the route was much easier today, mostly road and fairly flat. I also walked […]Read More
Chatellerault to Poitiers – 35km 15C and rainy Terrain: hilly off-road. I felt so warm and strengthened with all of the love and support I received yesterday following my post (reaching 2,000km) on here, Instagram and Facebook. So many touching messages, I am just completely blown away. Given today was quite a tough one physically, […]Read More
Les Ormes to Chatellerault – 23km 19C and beautiful Terrain: mostly flat country roads. Today started super well, the lady running the B&B made me fresh crepes for breakfast, hmmm. It’s been another beautiful day and a shorter distance too, bonus. I don’t feel too guilty in the end as […]Read More
Sorigny to Les Ormes – 41km 19C and beautiful Terrain: mostly flat country roads. What a beautiful day. I started out with the sun rising over the fields creating long shadows and with a clear blue sky, happy. Another minor challenge […]Read More
Tours to Sorigny – 22km 14C and wet Terrain: country roads and some hills Not too much to report today despite the title of this post! The weather wasn’t great this morning and I got pretty wet before arriving in this place called Sorigny which is frankly a […]Read More
Chateau Renault to Tours – 40km (yesterday) 15C Terrain: country roads and some hills. I arrived in Tours yesterday pretty chattered after a long stretch and really looking forward to a rest day. For the first couple of hours yesterday, I was stuck in thick fog. Fortunately I was on very quiet country lanes and […]Read More