Between journeys: Remparts D’Angoulême 2024
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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Category: Romin’ or Tourin’
From Cherbourg to Poole and Salisbury.
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.
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.
In which Sid and Doris cross the marshes towards Utah Beach.
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To the embroidery at Bayeux.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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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