Thailand Part Deux! I have a confession to make….I’ve been doing absolutely nuffin for the most part on my return to the Land of a Thousand Smiles (that really should be ‘roadworks’ not ‘smiles’.) I hibernated in a small motel about a K from the beach in Sattahip...

After a very lazy start to Tuesday, always made more pleasurable by talking to Niamh, I wandered off to a ‘boutique’ bike shop to buy a new chain and ogle at their collection of vintage bikes….an amazing place. The owner made me coffee and we chatted all things bikes...

Catching up (in more ways than one!) So my time in Besancon was cut short because….go on, you’ll never guess….oh, bugger, that’s right….I might have mentioned this once or twice before….the camp site shut on Monday!! But I had a delightful Sunday (once I had...

Friday and Saturday: two blissful days of cycling! These past few days have been simply amazing. Canals, rivers, footpaths, small villages, great coffee! You know when everything seems to just…work! The bike repair I did on the rear wheel somehow worked - not sure why...

*Un jour de repos - Monday * Put simply….I did bugger all Monday…,when in France….🤣. Can’t say I missed anything, as well, most things were….yep, you got it ….closed. I truly cannot understand how this economy works at all….because no one seems to work at all! I’m...

Samedi et dimanche After a lovely breaki with my hosts I set of with some level of uncertainty after yesterday’s mind games on the bike. I knew I had around 85k to do and I was determined to follow the EV6 cycle route. Well…I can report it was a great day! I travelled...