Toulouse, tent city
On Monday morning we were rudely awakened at 6:30am to the sound of people banging around and generally being very noisy- there were loads of workmen milling around the abattoir […]
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Bicycles, bread balls and Bastille Day
The Canal de la Garonne is no Leeds-Liverpool canal. For a start, it’s much, much wider, far more beautiful and immaculately well-kept. When I say this, I mean no offence […]
The best things in life (jam) are free: On to the Canal de Garonne
Well rested, we set off early doors from our cheapy cheap campsite, heading south along the route of the La Garonne river which flows through Bordeaux and Toulouse, where we […]
A bendy bus to Bordeaux
We decided to head for a little weekend city break in Bordeaux. From Big-anus, it was only a quick 22 mile cycle on long, flat, straight roads. Easy peasy. We […]
Big-anus and the giant sand dune
After our happy evening of tinned beans and lake swimming, we slept in until 10 the next morning and casually found our way back to the Eurovelo 1, aiming today […]
Veux-Bocau to Biscarrosse, continuing up the west coast
After a couple of relaxing and sunburnt days off, we packed up our bikes to set off on our way again on the Eurovelo 1/Velodyssey north towards our next major […]
A day off that wasn’t and weekend at the beach
After the delight of finding Lobby the Lobster in our tent, we thought we’d have a day off at the beach. We packed up and left the posh lakeside campsite […]
St-Pied-a-Port to Bayonne: A cheese velodyssey
After a meal out in the lovely little town of St-Pied-a-Port the evening before, we decided to set out the morning after crossing the Pyrenees to our next stop Bayonne, […]
One day, three mountains: Bonjour France!
After our epic 11 hour cycle into Pamplona, we decided to stay for a well-deserved rest day. We spent most of our day off going from bar to bar at […]
Pamplona, the impenetrable (goblin) city
What a day this was: mechanical failure, getting lost A LOT, 40 degree heat and our longest ever day of cycling. It’s a long one but I’ll explain… On Sunday […]
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