Bottoms!
Mifter Bat says: My French lessons are paying off! High Bums!!
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Day 94 Serignac to Bazas
In which Sid and Doris start out along the Garonne canals before striking out up hill, down dale, but mostly across country to the Gironde.We are at peak French holiday season and today is the Friday between a Bank Holiday and the weekend so hotels are as much a limiting factor as our legs. Bazas is broadly in the right…
Read moreDay 93 Montauban to Serignac-sur-Garonne
In which Sid and Doris have a ride along the Garonne and its lateral canal. Today is the Feast of the Assumption, when virgin Mary was told she was to be mother of Jesus. This is a Bank Holiday in France, and in common with Bank Holidays everywhere associated with poor weather. In fact today has been perfect for us:…
Read moreUnscheduled Route Replan #3(c)(iv)
In which we fall out of love with the Pyrenees and think about Brittany instead.We have been really struggling to work out how to get over the Pyrenees. Armed with a large map of the area (approximately double bed-sized) we can see a range of choices. From the left:– go round the west end, which will drop us onto the…
Read moreDay 92 Ambialet to Montauban
In which Sid and Doris ride along the Tarn to an even older hotel, a former abbey. The Hotel du Pont, where we started the day, was founded by a soldier coming back from Napoleon’s Russian campaigns (after 1812 then) and setting up a restaurant where people waited for the (bac, a rowing boat) ferry across the Tarn. It has…
Read moreDay 91 Ambialet on the Tarn
In which Sid and Doris canoe down the Tarn and think about a new route home.Up late. We think we are putting on weight and we are not riding today so breakfast is a fairly civilised event, memorable for the pasteque and orange confiture. And they put out some of their creamy cheeses. This is a two hearth and three…
Read moreMore songs!
I know you have been waiting for these eagerly. Recently we have had a bit of a language mismatch, starting with the famous “Y Viva Sardinia”. I’m going down the road againY viva SardiniaAnd I’m getting the Costa Smelda planeY viva SardiniaAnd I’m cycling to the Cote d’AzurY viva SardiniaAnd I’m drinking mohitos by the scoreSardinia more and moreSardinia more…
Read moreAnother marvellous joke!
Mifter Bat says:Doris has just been posting about weasels and squirrels and it has reminded me of one of the beftest jokes ever:What is the difference between a weasel and a stoat?No, go on, have a gueff, I am not going to give the anfer away without you trying…Wrong!!!A weasel is weaselly recognifed and a stoat is stotally different!Ha ha…
Read moreDay 90 Nant Comberedonde to Ambialet
In which Sid and Doris have a fabulous long ride clear across the Causses de Cevennes and a good way along the Tarn.Last night there was an excellent storm with big rain, lightning and long-rumbling thunder. Today started cold, we wore windproofs to set off. This is the first cool day we have had since… Hungary? Bulgaria? At least two…
Read moreDay 89 Ganges to Nant-Comberedonde
In which Sid and Doris make a well supplied ride up onto the Causses Cevenole. On our way out of Ganges we bought second breakfast and lunch, not being sure what might be available in the villages on Sunday. On the square we found a fresco based on a photo of one of the 24 silk stocking factories that were…
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