Monthly Archives: August 2023

As can be seen from the profile, still plenty of climbing. The Destination is Agreda where I stopped on my 2019 tour. This time I had an apartment with a washing machine so was spared hand washing all my kit! … Continue reading →

Heavy rain all night, so all roads have plenty of surface water. Drizzle was just about constant until I escaped the Pyrenees. The Hotel was really great, but as the route is very popular with the Camio De Santiago fraternity, … Continue reading →

Forecast is poor for the next couple of days. The only good thing is that I have a tail wind. This leg take me across the border into Spain. No passport stamping (remember when we could just turn up in … Continue reading →

Lots of rain in the forecast and dodging rain is going to be the theme over the next few days until I get well into Spain. Riding getting more interesting as small hill and winding roads replace the straight roads … Continue reading →

The Medoc is very flat and whilst the forest routes have traffic free routes on former railways tracks. The view was just about the same along most of the route. Trees, Trees and more trees! So far – 444 Miles … Continue reading →

I had wanted to go to Soulac-Sur-Mer where I have had some amazing holidays in the 80s. On this occasion, all the hotels were booked, but I did manage to find a nice spot in Le Verdon just up the … Continue reading →

Weather have been challenging today. I decided on later start (1100 ish) as weather was due to be very wet until 1200. I got 4 miles into the trip and the heavens opened up!  Luckily I was passing a cafe, … Continue reading →

Good progress today as I continue South towards Spain. It was a bit overcast to start with, then the sun came out where it got to a very humid 32 degrees. Here is the route map. Weather forcast is for … Continue reading →

Calm crossing last night. Restaurant on the MV Bretange was up to the normal high standard with nice wine to help the food go down. Weather was really good today and 72 miles complete. Going to keep the distance at … Continue reading →

We here we go!  Its the 2023 tour and a great send off from the team at the RUH. Also a nice card from the team at Save the Children UK. The first short leg was to the Charmbury Arms … Continue reading →