It’s all going south to Lons le Saunier
In which Sid and Doris ride from Beaune on the Tacot line, cross the Saone to join the Paris, Lyon and Mediterrane line to stay at Lons.
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In which Sid and Doris ride from Beaune on the Tacot line, cross the Saone to join the Paris, Lyon and Mediterrane line to stay at Lons.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris drop down from Chateau-Chinon (Ville) and climb back up to come into Beaune through the Mersault and Pommard vineyards to stay at L’Imprimerie, that used to print clever labels for the finest wines (so that they could not be counterfeited).
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris leave the Loire and visit a memorial to the French forces in fighting in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria from 1952 to 1962.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris see at Bannay a church resulting from the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion as well as Nevers Cathedral, not quite repaired these 80 years.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris see their first (close-up) Loire chateau and cross the river on the justly famous Pont Canal de Briare to stop at a workers’ Logis at Belleville.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris ride to Orleans the town of La Pucelle, The Maid of Orleans, and stay in the splendid Hotel Abeille.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris follow in the footsteps of Lord Clark of Civilisation to Chartres.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris have an early morning start, endure an enormous thunder and lightning storm (sheltering on an old railway line and in the Hotel Soleil D’Or) to reach L’Aigle after many rolling hills.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris ride to Portsmouth for the evening ferry to Ouistreham.
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris prepare for a spring cycling adventure.
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