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Sur La Loire
A week on the beautiful Loire… Sandy river beaches, heat and no swimming allowed! Banned since 1969 on the Loire apparently- it’s a fast flowing, braided river with dangerous whirlpools, undercurrents and collapsing sandbanks. Looked tempting but… 10th August, A work and rest day in Nantes, with more culinary delights including a “single menu” meal…
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Brittany
Bonjour! making our way East… 3rd August A 5 hour ferry ride saw us cross the channel from Plymouth to Roscoff on the Northwest coast of France. An easy exit through passport control and then to familiarise ourselves with riding on the “wrong” side of the road as we made our way 30km to Morlaix. Takes…
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England and out
Well…it’s been almost three months, we’ve covered nearly 4000km on our bikes and over 40,000 metres of ascent in the UK and Ireland. Time to jump on a ferry and try a different language… A randomly generated set of pics from the GoPro… ‘cos we just don’t ever seem to have time to do anything…
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Wales!
Well…all I can say is it’s very hilly! But oh so very scenic. 19th July, 17km of riding and 100km of water A 3 1/2 hour ferry ride and we change countries. No riding off the ferry this time- we manhandled our bikes onto the shuttle bus to take us to the terminal so that…
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The Irish midlands
13th July, Belcarra to Monivea, 76.5 km, hot and humid! Oh and headwinds, of course.Today’s ride was spent dodging thunderstorms- and somehow we did manage to elude them all despite the constant rumble of thunder nearby. Stopped in the township of Tuam and ate our baguettes by a lovely little creek. Couldn’t find the apricots…
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Drumlins and Peat bogs
The Irish Midlands 8th July, 74km, Castle Leslie to the Irish Midlands From fancy to farm odours again…after a nosh up Irish breakfast that sustained us well into the day. White pudding has been added to the list of staples for the full English/Scottish/ Irish which are all so similar otherwise! No haggis here though…
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Northern Ireland
A few days of exploring the UK bit of Ireland. 1 JulyOff the boat and a short cycle to the the “Trench Farm” campsite- small, nicely equipped and perfect for the night. Shared with a few other campers including a French family of five on a 5 month cycling trip with 10 and 12 year…
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And that’s Scotland
If you look at the map…we’ve covered only the tiniest little section of Scotland. Just on a month exploring the west coast and islands, and how spectacular it was indeed. June 28-29, 45km back to Ardfern from Oban. A determined ride to make it to the Folks at Ardfern in time for lunch! Then another…
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Islands and Highlands
23rd June, Torridon to the Isle of Skye. 74.6km and 1020m elevation, lots of rain, Max 13degrees. A big day of riding and soooo many hills! Nothing super huge- just lots of ’em. My legs were complaining by the time we got to Skye, that’s for sure. No need for a ferry today as there’s…
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Stornoway to Torridon
Off the islands… 17th and 18th June, Cross to Stornoway- 14C and mostly cloudy A hearty breakfast, or ” heart attack on a plate” as our host described it, to start the day. Then off for a 40ish km ride to catch the ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool. Managed to find the local bike repair…
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