Our plan when we left Corps after the Tour de France was to retrace our steps and return to the top of Italy to set ourselves up for an attack on the Croatian coast. The weather in that area has been so hot and uncomfortable for riding we decided to go with Plan B! We headed north and set the GPS for Dijon – completely in the opposite direction I hear you say. Correct! We have decided to return to the UK and head for Scotland for another stay at Neil and ...

With the bike ready, we headed south to Corps - only about 70km. Our hotel for the next 2 nights is in the main street with the route of the Tour de France going right passed the front door. There are flags criss-crossing the streets and it looks like this little town is ready - we sure are! Corps is a pretty little town on Route Napoleon. This famous road was the route followed by Napoleon on his return from exile in Elba in 1815 on his march to Paris. The town...

One of the things that has been on our bucket list for many years is the chance to sit on the side of the road in the French countryside and watch the Tour de France go by. Even though it involves backtracking about 700km we are determined to do it. After leaving the family in Pisa we rode through the western side of Tuscany until we hit the coast. We then headed around the coast passed La Spezia to Rapallo for 2 nights. This is our second trip to Rapallo, a pre...

Our crossing from London to Paris on the Eurostar went very smoothly. King's Cross Station was only a 5 minute walk from our hotel so it was easy enough to drag the luggage that far. Greg and Brett had left the hotel at 7am and headed for the Eurotunnel at Folkestone. Their crossing was not so smooth as they were held up for about 3 hours because there had been an incident in the tunnel involving one of the many Libyan migrants who are attempting to get to the UK...

On our trips to Europe Kerrie often has the opportunity to increase her knowledge of history courtesy of Greg's passion for the subject. Over the years we have visited Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, the battlefields and cemeteries of the Somme, the Normandy Beaches from WW2, Gettysburg in USA and now it was time to learn about the Battle of the Bulge, the Maginot Line, find General George Patton's grave and discover what NUTS have to do with war. We arrived in Thionvi...