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2003 BNSW RTA BigRide: Tuesday: Bundanoon to Goulburn

Tuesday, Mar 18, 2003

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stats.

Today 79.81km

Trip total 270km

stats.
Today	79.81km
Trip total	270km

Dark at 5.45 am, we are woken by Debbie’s loud hailer again. The stars are still out and there are bats flying around the floodlights catching the insects. I’m convinced that we really don’t need to be woken so early…

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2003 BNSW RTA BigRide: Monday: Bowral to Bundanoon

Monday, Mar 17, 2003

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stats. Today 71.84km Trip total 190km A quarter to six in the morning and Debbie’s mellifluous tones bellowing out woke us all. There is a distinct difference of opinion between various groups as to whether these are necessary or not — some people seem incapable of waking and organising themselves and need to be woken while it is still dark, others quite happily get up later, then pack and eat with no outside assistance.

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2003 BNSW RTA BigRide: Sunday: Camden to Bowral

Sunday, Mar 16, 2003

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stats.

Today 84.43km

Trip total 118km

stats.
Today	84.43km
Trip total	118km

Dr Alan, Jeff, Ron, Jim and I rolled out at 8:15, fueled up on porridge and in good spirits. The pace was a little high and Ron left us to ride at a more comfortable one. Jeff and I moved to the front on the first of many short sharpish climbs.

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2003 BNSW RTA BigRide: Saturday: Cootamundra to Warragamba to Camden

Saturday, Mar 15, 2003

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stats.

Today 33.9km

Trip total 34km

stats.
Today	33.9km
Trip total	34km

By the time I arrived in Warragamba I’d catalogued a few more minuses to sitting in the back seat of the bus — the seat won’t recline, and it was right next to the toilet, luckily the latter just stank in a chemical, rather than biological, manner.

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2003 BNSW RTA BigRide: Friday: Melbourne to Cootamundra

Friday, Mar 14, 2003

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stats. Today 0km Trip total 0km The start of another RTA Big Ride… It was 1 pm when I left Melbourne in Joey’s car, brand new helmet in hand, all the usual accoutrements stuffed into duffel, and Norky bike laid across the top. A relatively event-free drive to the Victorian border, with far less traffic than I usually encounter when we drive this way at night. From Albury to Gundagai there was a huge thunderstorm visible to the east, dark and foreboding, not a good sign for a week’s camping!

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RTA Big Ride: Sunday, day 9: Uralla to Walcha then Sydney

Sunday, Apr 14, 2002

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Stats. Today 431km Trip total 545.5km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. Where? Uralla (30° 38’S, 151° 30’E) Walcha (30° 58’S, 151° 35’E) Footnotes 1 estimated distance, from the ride guide

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RTA Big Ride: Saturday, day 8: Guyra to Uralla

Saturday, Apr 13, 2002

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Stats. Today 131km Trip total 502.5km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. At afternoon tea Jo and I met up with a girl that we’d last met about five years ago on a ride from Tamworth to Newcastle. The main cause of the meeting was her bike, she had a Norco Mocha, the model between Jo’s Magnum and my Java. This time we managed to get a photo of the three of us and our bikes.

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RTA Big Ride: Friday, day 7: Bundarra to Guyra

Friday, Apr 12, 2002

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Stats. Today 100.98km Average speed 18.27km/hr Riding time 5h 31' Trip total 489.5km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. Where? Bundarra (30° 09’S, 151° 05’E) Guyra (30° 12’S, 151° 40’E)

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RTA Big Ride: Thursday, day 6: Inverell to Bundarra

Thursday, Apr 11, 2002

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Stats. Today 811km Trip total 388.5km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. In the afternoon, in the main street, Goat Races. Promoted at great length by the organizers as a fun thing to do and the place to go. I don’t think anyone realised that the goats in question were feral and had only been captured the day before. As the locals kicked and belted the terrified goats to get them out from the pen and into the harnesses, fewer and fewer of the riders stayed to watch.

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RTA Big Ride: Wednesday, day 5: rest day in Inverell

Wednesday, Apr 10, 2002

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Stats. Today 12.29km Trip total 307.5km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. This morning I found a horse shoe. Not just any horse shoe, it was one of the huge shoes belonging to the draught horses that were towing the carriages around town. I carried it around for half the morning and bore the brunt of many jokes, eventually met up with the carriages and handed it back, to be thanked profusely, since they cost around $50 a piece!

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RTA Big Ride: Tuesday, day 4: Ashford to Inverell

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2002

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Stats. Today 60.11km Trip total 295.2km Odometer 1332km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. Where? Ashford (29° 18’S, 151° 05’E) Inverell (29° 46’S, 151° 07’E)

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RTA Big Ride: Monday, day 3: Warialda to Ashford

Monday, Apr 8, 2002

@ Adrian Tritschler

Stats. Today 81.52km Trip total 235.1km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. Where? Warialda (29° 31’S, 150° 34’E) Ashford (29° 18’S, 151° 05’E)

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RTA Big Ride: Sunday, day 2: Barraba to Warialda

Sunday, Apr 7, 2002

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Stats. Today 106.59km Average speed 22.13km Riding time 4h 49" Trip total 153.6km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. Where? Barraba (30° 22’S, 150° 37’E) Warialda (29° 31’S, 150° 34’E)

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RTA Big Ride: Saturday, day 1: Manilla to Barraba

Saturday, Apr 6, 2002

@ Adrian Tritschler

Stats. dst. (km) Today 471km Trip total 47km I wasn’t here, I was on the RTA Big Ride. Where? Manilla (30° 44’S, 150° 43’E) Barraba (30° 22’S, 150° 37’E) Footnotes 1 estimated distance, from the ride guide

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RTA Big Ride: Friday, day 0: Melbourne to Sydney to Manilla

Friday, Apr 5, 2002

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Stats. dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total 0.0 Departed this evening for the NSW Bike Ride. For the first time ever we were charged excess baggage for the bikes, the woman on the Qantas check-in counter quoted a “mandatory $10 charge plus $1 GST", so we paid up, weighed the boxes, and deposited them with the other oversized luggage then went to get the first beer of the holiday.

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Saturday, Dec 29, 2001

@ Adrian Tritschler

dst. (km)

Today 61.26

Trip total 61.3

Odometer 2379.7

	dst. (km)
Today	61.26
Trip total	61.3
Odometer	2379.7

We woke to a mostly clear sky. Sleeping in late and unpacking the bikes meant that we didn’t get away from Paengaroa until about 10:30 for the drive down to Rotorua.

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Wednesday, Jul 18, 2001

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Rain, more rain, then a little more rain. A fine day to be leaving the mountains. Amazingly, we all managed to get up in time for the 8 am start, crammed everything and everyone into the van and the car and drove to Grenoble. A bizarre feeling sitting in a car and watching the world go past without having to pedal. Almost as bizarre was listening to The House of the Rising Sun playing on the radio … in French.

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Tuesday, Jul 17, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 39.3 Trip total 3159.8 Odometer 85.2 We left Vaujany around 10:00 to ride up to l’Alpe d’Huez. Some chose the route via Bourg d’Oisans and the main climb, the rest of us headed up to Villard Reculas and then around the side of the mountain to Huez. The unfenced vertiginous drop off the side of the road was too much for some, Richard flat out refused to ride on the right hand side and sidled along the wrong side of the road, hugging the rock walls.

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Monday, Jul 16, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 45.01 Trip total 3120.5 Odometer 45.0 The pizza last night for dinner was a very bad idea. It stayed in me about an hour. The stomach pains and poor sleep lasted the whole of the rest of the night. This morning I feel a little better, but very weak, not having eaten much for the last two days. On the plus side, it has stopped raining and the fog looks like it might clear up.

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Sunday, Jul 15, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total 3075.5 Odometer 179.8 I wasn’t feeling well this morning and slept in quite late. There were assorted bad dreams, I nearly fell out of bed a couple of times, and I’m still feeling quite bloated from the meal last night. Skipped breakfast and stayed in bed, watching the rain. Around 10.30 am I walked up the street to see what all the noise was about that had finally woken me up.

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Saturday, Jul 14, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 28.73 Trip total ?? Odometer 179.8 Where? l’Alpe d’Huez(45.1,6.0666667) Vaujany(45.15,6.0833333)

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Friday, Jul 13, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 61.67 Trip total ?? Odometer 145.4 Where? Les Egats, Valbonnais, Le Périer, Chantelouve, Col d’Ornon (1371m), Borg d’Oisans, l’Alpe d’Huez(45.1,6.0666667).

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Thursday, Jul 12, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 83.6 Trip total ?? Odometer 83.6 Where? Menglon(44.6666667,5.4666667), Chatillon en Diois, Menee, Les Nonières, Col de Menée (1402m), Bellegarde, Clelles, Mens, Col de Accarias (892m), St Jean d’Hérans(44.85,5.7666667), Les Egats

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Wednesday, Jul 11, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total ?? Odometer 0.0 Bloody cheap bike computers! The stupid thing completely reset itself today. Where? Vaison la Romaine(44.2333333,5.0666667) Mirabel, Les Pilles, Sahune, Remuzat, Cornillon, La Motte, La Charce, Establet, Col de Prémus (903m), Jonchères, Luc en Diois, Luzeron, Menglon(44.6666667,5.4666667)

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Tuesday, Jul 10, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 97.69 Trip total ?? Odometer 2790.1 Somewhere along the descents my bike computer stopped reading anything. I was too busy to readjust it at the time! Where? Avignon(43.95,4.8166667) Parnes, Carpentras, Bédoin, Mont Ventoux (1912m), Vaison la Romaine(44.2333333,5.0666667)

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Monday, Jul 9, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 92.2 Trip total ?? Odometer 2677.3 Where? Anduze(44.05,3.9833333) La Madeleine, Ners, Mussac, Garrigues, Arpaillurgues, Uzès, Pont du Gard, Remoulins, Avignon(43.95,4.8166667)

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Sunday, Jul 8, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 75.3 Trip total ?? Odometer 2585.1 Where? Florac(44.75,3.75), Col de Faisses (1020m), L’Hospitalet, Le Pompidou, St Roman de aTousque, Col de l’Exil (704m), Col de St Pierre (597m), St Jean du Gard

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Saturday, Jul 7, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 105.8 Trip total ?? Odometer 2509.8 Packed up this morning in drizzling rain. Everything is damp. Everything smells. Where? St Geniez d’Olt(44.4666667,2.9833333) St Saturnin, Col de Lagarde (810m), Altes, Massegros, St Rome de Dolan, La Malène, Pounadoires, St Enimie, Prades, Blajoux, Le Chembonnet, Ispagnac, Florac(44.75,3.75)

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Friday, Jul 6, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 91.4 Trip total ?? Odometer 2404.0 Where? Conques(44.6,2.4) Grand Vabre, St Projet, Viellevie, Entraygues, Estaing, Espalion, St Come d’Olt, Lassouots, Ste Eulalie d’Olt, St Geniez d’Olt(44.4666667,2.9833333)

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Thursday, Jul 5, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total ?? Odometer 2312.6 Breakfasting in torrential rain at St Cere Rain stops play. After a restless night spent listening to the rain hammering on the tents and the gurgle of the rising river, we were all relieved to wake up and find that we still had a campsite! I think everyone was aware of just how close that river was, and how flat and low-lying the campsite.

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Wednesday, Jul 4, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 97.31 Trip total ?? Odometer 2312.6 Yay, it was cool and overcast this morning! The ride out of Sarlat was remarkably easy, no problems getting through either the town or the traffic. The first 30km just flew past. Boulangerie and bicycles in St. Julien de Lampon We stopped for pastries and coffee at St. Julien de Lampon and were served by a very grumpy lady in the bakery, then back outside were we sat in the square and watched as other cycle groups passed us in both directions.

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Tuesday, Jul 3, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 125.7 Trip total ?? Odometer 2214.9 Before leaving I tried to take a few more photos of Limeuil this morning to try and compare the different lighting on the town. I’m not sure how they look, I just know it was a beautiful campsite. Where? Limeuil(44.8833333,0.9), Le Bugue, Savignac de Miremont, Rouffignac, Plazac, Thonac, Montignac, St Léon sur Vézère, La Roque St Cristophe, Les Eyzies, St Cyprien, Beynac et Cazenac, Sarlat(45.

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Monday, Jul 2, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 129.4 Trip total ?? Odometer 2088.8 Limeuil had a magnificent campground on the banks of the Dordogne, we were directly across the river from the town, but it would have taken a very strong swimmer to make it across. The river was shallow, but very strongly flowing, I walked in up to my knees, dived in facing upstream, and came up ten metres downstream from where I started!

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Sunday, Jul 1, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 88.7 Trip total ?? Odometer 1959.4 After breakfast there was a flurry of activity in unpacking and making ready the twenty bikes. The hotel had very nicely given us the use of their conference room to avoid having to do all this outside. I was lucky here, after a month on the road, everything on my bike was sorted out as well as it could be!

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Saturday, Jun 30, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total ?? Odometer 1870.7 Hangover time, last night there were far too many Newkie Browns with Debra and Nick (Irish barmaid and Welsh traveller) at Dick Turpin’s — an English theme pub. Debra kept trying to embarrass guys by flirting with all the guys in the pub and making jokes about her exceptionally large bust. I’d met Nick and another Welsh guy a few days ago in Nantes, but didn’t recognize them at first.

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Friday, Jun 29, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total ?? Odometer 1870.7 The English guys managed to flood our room three times this morning by overflowing the shower! Somehow the sign telling people not to turn the shower up too high just wasn’t getting through. They were going to the beach for the day and invited me to go with them. When I got to the station it all started to look too hard, the trains too infrequent, so I changed my mind and sat down to have a coffee.

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Thursday, Jun 28, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total ?? Odometer 1870.7 I’m not sure if I’m getting better or not! There’s less phlegm, but more cough, maybe all that beer and wine and the smoky bar last night was the correct way to treat bronchitis! I got in earlier today and paid my 160FF to take my chances on the winery tour. It turned out to be more of a chateau drive-by bus trip, with two winery visits thrown in.

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Wednesday, Jun 27, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total ?? Odometer 1870.7 Bronchitis hit me hard this morning, coughing and wheezing and spitting for an hour or more when I woke up. I was feeling sorry for myself and equally sorry for the others sharing the room. Spent much of the day being a tourist and walking around, by lunch time I wasn’t sure whether my aching legs were from cycling, walking, or just from being sick.

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Tuesday, Jun 26, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 151.09 Trip total ?? Odometer 1870.7 Good news or bad news first? The good news is that sometime during the night it finally cooled down and now is slightly overcast and around 20°C. Perfect weather for cycling. The bad news is that my cold is now much worse, probably bronchitis judging by the coughing and spitting! Fantastic weather to ride in, cool and a light mist, so little that nothing stayed damp, just enough to keep me cool.

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Monday, Jun 25, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 95.41 Trip total ?? Odometer 1719.6 I’d left La Rochelle with a vague idea of riding to Bordeaux today, optimistically managing to mis-read the map. At lunchtime as I neared Rochefort I saw that it was another 160km! Decided to make for Saintes instead, and only just made it there, during the afternoon the temperature just kept on climbing, around 35 °C I guess. I found a bike track this morning that ran from La Rochelle to Rochefort, but as with bike tracks everywhere it didn’t seem to have enough signs and I managed to lose it a couple of times.

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Sunday, Jun 24, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 0.0 Trip total 1455.0 It was nice to wake up and not have to pack up and move. Michael and I walked around for an essential visit to the laundromat, then spent the morning sitting on the beach watching the girls go by. The beach and the bay looked fantastic, but as the tide went out we saw that the sand ended at the waters edge, and it was all mud and rocks from there out!

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Saturday, Jun 23, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 167.7 Trip total ?? Odometer 1622.7 My cold is growing, I’ve been sneezing all day, and my nose is running constantly. Stinking hot again inland, later in the afternoon it cooled as I got the sea breeze, but there were then 30km of head-winds across “Les Marais” which I think translates as “the swamp.” A flat, smelly, and very uninspiring ride! It took me almost an hour and a half to get out of Nantes, I kept having to avoid motorways and zig-zag about, never seeming to make any headway.

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