It’s all going south, though up, to Chateau Chinon (ville).
In 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.
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It’s all going South to Nevers
In 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.
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It’s all going south to Belleville sur Loire
In 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.
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It’s all going south, with a stay in Orleans
In which Sid and Doris ride to Orleans the town of La Pucelle, The Maid of Orleans, and stay in the splendid Hotel Abeille.
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It’s all going south to Chartres
In which Sid and Doris follow in the footsteps of Lord Clark of Civilisation to Chartres.
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It’s all going south to L’Aigle.
In 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.
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It’s all going south to Portsmouth
In which Sid and Doris ride to Portsmouth for the evening ferry to Ouistreham.
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It’s all going south
In which Sid and Doris prepare for a spring cycling adventure.
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Stone carving.
In which Sid and Doris start their stone carving apprenticeships
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The lucky Shamrock. Days 3, 4 and 5.
In which Sid and Doris have more pinking than Barbie’s birthday cake, listen out for the Bradshaw joint while having a splendid holiday with time cards.
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