Month: August 2013
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Tweet Le Viaduc 1857 600 metres long 50 arched http://t….
Le Viaduc 1857 600 metres long 50 arched wp.me/p31BRO-sf
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Tweet My week on twitter: 2 retweets received, 8 mention…
My week on twitter: 2 retweets received, 8 mentions. Via: sumall.com/20ft
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Tweet 25 mile stop for a coffee & rest (@ Cafe Pari…
25 mile stop for a coffee & rest (@ Cafe Parisien) 4sq.com/11YCG7H
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Tweet Excellent breakfast after a heavy snoring night! (…
Excellent breakfast after a heavy snoring night! (@ Hotel Tambourin Vitry-le-Francois) [pic]: 4sq.com/14GwGV0
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Day 8 – Mailly to Vitry le Francois
After a restless nights nightmarish dreaming I awoke and very carefully made sure I didn’t leave anything. I was at the breakfast table for 8.30 sharp. The Dutch couple & kids arrived a few moments later, enough to cause the landlady a little consternation. He was told immediately, for no apparent reason, to move his…
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Tweet Tonight’s starter! http://t.co/ciKqynru4M
Tonight’s starter! wp.me/p31BRO-sc
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Tweet A drink before my supper, back to basics tonight!…
A drink before my supper, back to basics tonight! (@ L Irish) 4sq.com/1cWPSyk
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Day 7 Reims to just outside Reims
I woke up really late (for me anyway). Went for breakfast to be met by a gaggle of girls on a hen party weekend boasting of their previous nights exploits. Retrieving my bike from the luggage locker at the Hotel Bristol I set off, the roads are in pretty bad shape here, eventually I found…
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Day 6 Le Cateau-Cambresi to Reims
Today was a 84 miler and done rather effortlessly, obviously a bottle of fine Brouilly the night before does the trick! The breakfast was truly magnificent reminding me a bit of Maggies in Ireland with the bike fully loaded, chain freshly oiled, and the Gaia app fully primed I made good time and was surprised how…
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Day 5 Something has to go!
Something has to go on this mega bike trip. It’s either or:- The Panniers The Viewranger app or me Today, Fresnes Les Montauban – Le Cateau-Cambresi was really tough even though it was a fine day weather wise, my carefully planned Viewranger route was rubbish, no way of telling if the ‘road’ is a track, what the…