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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Category: Romin’ or Tourin’
Living the Life Electric
As Sid pedals energetically up the hills, Doris glides serenely upwards, assisted by a discreetly-humming electric bike. Which gives more time for thinking…
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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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Orleans Cathedral
In which Doris continues to indulge her new-found interest in cathedrals.
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Chartres Cathedral
In which Doris indulges her new-found interest in cathedrals.
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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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Bicycle Navigation in 2024
You will be amazed at how things have come on since our Istanbul trip 5 years ago. Or not.
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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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