After the trip – thoughts about equipment/kit
by the bike – my trusty steed, a Triumph Tiger 885 built in 2000 which I bought used about 5 years ago with 13000kms on the …
Month: September 2019
Day 15 – Mâcon to home
The hotel breakfast buffet was available, true to style, on a tray (no plate) and fitted into the remand centre feeling of the whole place. …
Day 14 – Cucuron to Mâcon
Another glorious start to the day in Provence. Did this and that in the morning and got my stuff together and packed most of it on the bike.
Day 13 – Cucuron
Jon arrived about half past nine after a heroic run down from London to the south of France in his car. I had gone off …
Day 12 – Béziers to Cucuron (Provence)
The day started with glorious sunshine and a seriously good hotel-breakfast which more than made up for the mediocrity of the room. As single male …
Day 1 1 – Lourdes to Saint-Lary, Tarascon then to Béziers
A first cautious glimpse out of the tent saw blue sky, lots of it. It was still pretty chilly but at least no clouds and …
Day 10 – Lourdes and a visit to the Larrey museum in Beaudéan and film in Bagnères-de-Bigorre
The night was wet and several heavier storms went through up until about 10 in the morning, after that a light to heavy drizzle set …
Day 9 – Lourdes
My telephone had threatened two thunderstorms in the night but fortunately nothing came of them. I rose at 08:30, showered and the usual and collected …
Day 8 – Escalona to Lourdes via Biescas, Laruns and the cols also Strike4Climate day
Oddly I woke up about half an hour before the alarm and mused about the next few days. I´d phoned yesterday evening with the friend …
Day 7 – Beaudéan to Escalona (Spain)
Breaking camp was a a bit challenging because the sunshadow and the tent layers were very wet so I needed to modify my packing system …