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Category: Romin’ or Tourin’

Between journeys: Remparts D’Angoulême 2024

September 23, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris take old Hermann to the classic car street circuit racing around the town walls of Angoulême in the Charente.

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From Cherbourg to Poole and Salisbury.

July 13, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris stay at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Poole on the way home.

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To Utah Beach and Cherbourg.

July 12, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris spend so long at the engrossing Utah Beach Museum that they have a hurried, hilly, rough and anxious ride to the ferry at Cherbourg.

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To Sainte-Marie-du-Mont on the Cotentin Peninsula.

July 11, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris cross the marshes towards Utah Beach.

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To the embroidery at Bayeux.

July 11, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris go to see the Norman invasion of Britain, a pleasant change from the more recent history recorded around here.

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From Beaumont sur Sarthe to Argentan.

July 9, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris cower from the Wetting Down rain, go to the nearest railway station – and then ride anyway to Argentan.

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Going Sarthe.

July 8, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris have holiday riding North to Beaumont sur Sarthe.

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To La Chartre sur Le Loir, Le Mans teams’ HQ down the years.

July 7, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris enjoy the Hotel de France, a storied hotel, home to Aston Martin, Triumph, Jaguar and Porsche Le Mans teams down the years.

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Q: When is a river not a river?

July 7, 2024 Doris Romin' or Tourin'

A: When it’s a tributary. Here is the story of our trip so far, from the rivers’ point of view. 

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To Blois on La Loire to stay in La Maison des Acrobats.

July 6, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris stay in a listed historical monument and have a day off with Henri lV and the magicians.

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