We promised ourselves at least a couple of days on the sand and by the sea…so we had a good lie-in and headed off to Arès accidentally coming across their weekly market. So a good hour later, we cycled off with bags full of Provençal bread (with big fat olives in it), juicy tomatoes and a new book (which I still haven’t started to read…). (more…)
We headed off out of Bordeaux along the river early and stopped by the Lac de Bordeaux to have breakfast and watch the beach-cleaners rake the sand in preparation for the bathers. Bordeaux may even beat Lyon in having a more beautiful city centre and a big lake on the edge which you can sail and swim in. (more…)
So we took the best part of the Saturday 4th August to actually leave Plum Village (the Buddhist centre where we did a week’s retreat)….the peace and the excellent food and the great people were hard to leave. I think we have some good photos now of Dave giving lots of buddhist nuns and retreatants rides on the tandem… (more…)
Jeudi, on est passe toute la journee dans le train (desolee, pas d’accents encore une fois)… on est expert maintenant sur TER et on sait bien que un tandem ne pose aucun probleme dans les trains. Horrah! Apres un petit pause a Narbonne (qui est chouette et assez petit) et un moment tres inutile a Toulouse, on est parti de la derniere et on a recontre un couple allemand, Michael et Kirsten qui etait en train de finir un petit tour de la region en velo. (more…)
Heading out of the campsite at Fontvieille at 8am. We picked up a pain au chocolat from the handy stall at the entrance of the campsite on the way. Took us a little while to find the right road out of Fontvieille as usual .. our navigational abilities being slightly dulled first thing in the morning. A lovely clear day and a nice flat or slightly downhill ride to Arles about 10 km away, passing the impressive Chateau d’Avignon on the way. (more…)
We had a lovely lie-in today…great reading papers and drinking coffee and tying down the tent to protect it from the wind!
The ride to the Pont du Gard went along some small, quiet roads uphill to Collias and through pine forests and gorges to Castillon. (more…)
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