Sam and Dave’s blog

Hi All,

The website has been inaccessible for about a week. Sorry if you’ve tried in vain to look at the site. I’ve restarted the web server now, so all should be good. Enjoy! Dave

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…). Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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… Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

Hi Everyone,

just moderated a few more comments. Thanks so much it’s lovely to hear from you. Just so you know .. the first time you add a comment Sam and I have to approve it. After that your comments will go straight up on the website. This is not because we don’t trust you! It’s just to avoid comment spam which is unfortunately wide-spread.

Please keep sending us messages… we really appreciate them!

Lots of love Sam and Dave xxx

J’ai promis d’ecrire quelques pages en francais…donc excusez mes fautes et le fait que j’utilise un clavier anglais (sans accents…mince!)

On est parti d’Avignon et on a longe le Rhone au sud a Barbentane ou on a trouve un boulangerie magnifique (on a bien travaille de developper ce don de trouver les bons endroits pour manger). Read the rest of this entry »

Horrah! New freewheel in place and we’re off on the train to Avignon!

We arrived in Avignon on Friday 20th and met some really lovely people on the train and off the train. Read the rest of this entry »