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Lille to Reading

Thursday, Jul 19, 2001

@ Adrian Tritschler

Thoughts on Lille — for the first time in France I seem to have seen lots of beggars and homeless people. Maybe it’s just the first time I’ve been in a big city, maybe I just haven’t noticed. Two-star hotels, kebab shops and sex shops. Maybe I should have tried to move further away from the train station. A big bustling city, certainly lots of construction around the two stations. French police uniforms suddenly struck me as appearing very functional, Australian and British appearing more symbolic by comparison.

Vaujany to Lille

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.

le Tour on l'Alpe d'Huez

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.

Vaujany

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.

Vaujany

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.

l'Alpe d'Huez to Vaujany

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)

Les Egats to l'Alpe d'Huez

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).

Menglon to Les Egats

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

Vaison la Romaine to Menglon

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)

Avignon to Vaison la Romaine

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)

Anduze to Avignon

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)

Florac to Anduze

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

St Geniez to Florac

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)

Conques to St Geniez

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)

St Céré to Conques

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.

Sarlat to St. Céré

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.

Limeuil to Sarlat

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.

St. Emilion to Limeuil

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!

Bordeaux to St. Emilion

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!

Bordeaux

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.

Daytrip from Bordeaux to Arcachon

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.

Bordeaux

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.

Bordeaux

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.

Saintes to Bordeaux

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.

La Rochelle to Saintes

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.

La Rochelle

Sunday, Jun 24, 2001

@ Adrian Tritschler

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!

Nantes to La Rochelle

Saturday, Jun 23, 2001

@ Adrian Tritschler

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.

Rennes to Nantes

Friday, Jun 22, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 143.9 Trip total ?? Odometer 1455.0 I’ve had a sore throat all day, I think I’m getting a cold. Rennes was nearly impossible to get out of on the bike, I ended up heading south on the main highway for a few kilometres before being able to escape onto the side roads. Where? Rennes, N137-E3 to Chartres-de-Bretagne, Noyal-Chatillon-sur-Seiche, St Erolon, Bourgbarré, Chanteloup, le Sel-e-Bretagne, la Bosse-de-Bretagne, Teillay, la Thébaudais, Rouge, Châteaubriant, Issé, la Robertière, Nort-s-Erdre, D 26 to Sucé-sur-Erdre, Nantes.

St. Malo to Rennes

Thursday, Jun 21, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 141.9 Trip total ?? Odometer 1311.1 A long day, but in some ways it didn’t really feel like it. After getting out of bed and queueing for breakfast with hundreds of French school girls all on a school holiday trip, I headed out at 10 am along the minor coast road in the direction of Mont St. Michel. I hadn’t realised how far it was, so it was 64km and 1 pm by the time that I got there, very hungry and hot.

Jersey to St. Malo

Wednesday, Jun 20, 2001

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dst. (km) Today 48.11 Trip total ?? Odometer 1169.2 Young Sammie’s first birthday if I remember correctly… I bummed around all day in the sun, riding out to le Corbienne lighthouse in the south-west. Once there I found a broken spoke, on the cluster side of course. Probably as a result of over-changing and dropping the derailleur into the spokes. Rode back to St Helier and tried all three bike shops, all were too busy to change it.

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