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Following the Inn
September 7, into Austria! Scuol to Imst, 86km and 640m elevation even though its mostly downhill… The last km of Switzerland were a delight- gorgeous views and a fairly traffic free cycle route to the Austrian border.. Over the border it was a busy but wide shouldered road for a bit, and then the Austrian…
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Country swapping
31st August, Domodossa, Italy!Our intro to Italia was, well, loud! It’s certainly an “in your face” country. Drivers are just that little bit too close to the bikes, and always seem to be in a hurry. We booked a hotel in Domodossia, thought we’d need it after crossing the Simplon Pass, and it was more…
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Switzerland!
28th August, 44km, 870m elevation. A very rainy start to the day so we hung around at the campsite for a bit…lots of great chats with similarly weather-averse campers, from all across the globe. Most were multi day hikers, we didn’t meet any other cycle tourers in Chamonix. Then off we set for a shortish…
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To the Alps
And that’s France! Nearly 1500km across France, with a mixture of everything from lovely flat river paths to super steep gradients as we approached the magnificent Alps. The language… It’s been challenging yet rewarding trying to get by with a tiny bit of the French language. We’ve both definitely picked up quite a bit of…
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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…