by Richard | 24th August, 2013 | Featured, French Tour, Richard's Tour de France
11th August, Freneuse It was a very dark and very quiet night in the forest and I slept like a baby bear. The trees are so dense that it’s very dark and quite cool, so most families avoid camping there, which in turn means no kids running around at all hours. I...
by Richard | 20th August, 2013 | Biking, Featured, French Tour, Richard's Tour de France
3rd August, Bourbon Lancy Nature decided to have a crack at being an alarm clock this morning with a loud clap of thunder at bang on 6am. Clearly Nature was having a tantrum, so I hit the snooze button twice and then slept while Weather stood on the Naughty...
by Richard | 17th August, 2013 | Biking, Featured, French Tour, Richard's Tour de France
29th July, Crêches sur Saône I had a quiet day as unusually I felt quite off colour. Both me and the weather were very half-hearted so we both took it easy and after a good night’s rest I’m sure we’ll both be brighter tomorrow. 30th...
by Richard | 30th July, 2013 | Biking, Featured, French Tour
26th July, Crêches sur Saône Well sure enough, last night’s accommodation lived up to expectations. It was ridiculously hot and humid in the tent but the mozzies were out in force by the time I retired at 10pm. This was pretty much the same time that the French...
by Richard | 26th July, 2013 | Biking, Featured, French Tour
22nd July, Beaumes de Venise After a full week of being spoilt rotten it was back to the grindstone today, and quite a shock to the system it was too. I must confess I hadn’t been looking forward to the ride from Eric’s house as I knew it would be mainly...
by Richard | 18th July, 2013 | Biking, Featured, French Tour
10th July, Alzonne After days of intensely hot and humid weather, today started with cool, fresh rain. Since my early starts are in order to beat the heat of the day, it was a real treat not to feel the pressure to get under way. Today is likely to be the last day...
