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 …
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 …