#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
#Day99 Gladiators and another video!
Saint-Jean d’Angely to Saintes – 29km 18C Terrain: hilly roads. First off today, I was treated to nature’s light show. It’s at moments like this that I really appreciate what I am doing. And while there is a wider angle (that of raising funds for the plight of refugees […] Read More
#Day98 Bee keeper’s paradise
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
#Day97 Beautiful people and places
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