Thursday and Friday Thursday was a day of rest!! And gee did I need it. I stayed with a host called Susan who comes from England but has made France her home for decades. Her home was utterly delightful. I had an apartment all too myself which was incredible. Susan is...

Riding through the forest was simply divine.Just a short soundtrack of my day!Sloooow down Tuesday:Having made the decision to take a leaf out of Daniels book and slow down, I awoke with a calmness which has been missing. Knowing I could do my 85k and feel ok about it...

Snap, crackle and popped! Sunday….was, er, ‘interesting’! I’m sitting writing this on a bench outside a church in the back Arse of nowhere in a town which could easily double up as a grave yard! I had forgotten just how absolute the shut downs are in France! On the...

Riding along the bike track towards Rennes 😊l pleut comme vache qui pisse!! Well, just as forecast, the weather was as good as it said it would be….shite! I woke to a very wet tent having got completely waterlogged over night (tho I slept very well apart from that...

On the move….again 😊 Hi everyone. Thank you for staying with me while I’ve been somewhat stationary in the UK and Ireland. But time has come to move on. Before I left Cork on Wednesday Barry and I cycled to the ferry port at Ringaskiddy crossing over the Lee estuary...

Great Craic at the Local Pub!Well I’ve been here for nearly two weeks now. It’s been an interesting time - meeting old friends, cycling the byways of Cork, and generally just stopping and being. Whilst I’m always happy to be here, there’s a weird sense that I’m not...