Tunnels, Med and a big church The day started with the most expensive breakfast I've ever had, a theme that was set to continue throughout the day. After the £15 per head croissants and coffee, we paid £22 to go through the Mont Blanc tunnel, though it is very long. After that we had three hours of auto-pista tunnels interspersed with glorious sunshine. We didn't find the Italian drivers too bad, though there were plenty of roadworks, in which the Italians l...

Onwards to Chamonix Riding hours - 8.5 Distance - approx 500 kms Set off in the rain but saw our first blue sky of the trip at 11.15 and by 1pm we stopped for lunch at Poligny in the lower Jura mountains and finally took the rain suits off. We wound our way through the mountains on lots of hairpin bends amidst spirited Peugeot 206 drivers, and got our first glimpse of the Alps on the way down into Geneva. We had an unexpected trip to Switzerland thanks to th...

It looks brighter up ahead! Miles - 465 Hours of riding - 7 hours Well it's been rather wet today. The rain came and went, but at least the cold wind allowed us to dry off in between showers! And whose idea was it to take summer gloves ... However in spite of the weather, all has gone according to plan. We managed to get an early crossing on the Eurotunnel and made it to Chalons easily and in good time - and the only time we got really wet was when we stoppe...