Episode two of Dads Army completed and in the can. The scene where the troops fraternise with the enemy over mid morning coffee, tick. The scene where the men reconnoitre the chateau and ensure they gain enemy intelligence, tick. The scene where the home guard interrogate foreign locals to make sure their provisions are replenished, tick. The Loire region is today alive with manoeuvres. I have to admit to pressing the delete key last night, instead of the publi...

Great day in the sun today, about 60 miles but Jon's technology let him down, just like mine. Great blog entries lost by me I am afraid, sorry all, AB All eaten our own weight in cakes today and avoided paying entry to the Chateau. The 44 Euro was spent in the bar in happy hour instead. Andy lost the original blog so this is a summary of the previous version. Stupid City supporter. Typical. APL Great ride out to Chenonceaux today, the chateaux that bridges over...

Alan and I cycled to Tours this morning to meet Jon and David from their gentle 25 hour journey. They reluctantly left the train to add two more day glo cycling jackets to the beautiful Loire region. After a typical baguette and cake lunch we mooched (walking not cycling) Tours, a city that resembles a building site. We are all looking forward to the next four days of cycling, eating, exploration and ear chewing. AB The grandparents have arrived at last. They ar...

Having made great progress we decided to arrive at the camp site a day early. That turned out to be a very good decision as the Key Camp staff let us in our caravan a day early, for free! So we have rested our legs and Alan got into holiday mood by going in the pool despite the cool weather and impending storm, see photos. We are going to meet Jon and David, arriving at Tours station at mid day tomorrow, a mere 18 mile ride away. It will be strange for me and ...

A fairly sedate 65 miles cycling day today as we eased down, like marathon runners in smelling distance of the finishing line. Last night we were amazed to find some life in one of these quiet rural villages that we have been staying in. Musical fetes are held on mid summer's day evening and one was held in our village of Confolens. Inevitably it was raining so the event was staged inside in the village market hall. The music was surprisingly good and we both e...