Tuesday & Wednesday 10 & 11th May 2011 - After leaving Le Mont-St-Michel we arrived at Bayeux where we stayed for the next two nights. This was our third visit to Bayeux so you can guess we like it. It is right up there on the list of pretty French towns. It is small enough not to worry about traffic jams yet large enough to have a good selection of restaurants. It is most famous for the Bayeux Tapestry which protrays the Norman Conquest of England in 106...

Tuesday 10.05.2011 – after waving off our Cancer fund raising push bike rider we set Tom the challenge of getting us to Le Mont-St-Michel, the small island with an Abbey built on it that we had often seen post cards of. As we approached to about 2 km Kerrie said over our intercom, "Oh my goodness!" This photo she then took from the back of the bike explains why. We later took some photos of photos just in case we didn't "capture" the real deal. We have in...

Monday 09.05.2011 – happy birthday to Greg's baby sister Cathy BATEUP who lives in Canberra. The big five O (50) today. We sent her an SMS wishing her the best. We rode north to the city of Laval and it was pretty ordinary scenery wise. Even though we avoided the Autoroute and stuck to country roads, is was rather unremarkable. Kerrie even amused herself by taking photos of vapor trails! The ride highlight was 40 km along the edge of the Loire River ridi...

Sunday 08.05.2011 - we left Agen and rode north continuing our French odessey. We stopped for lunch in a park and feasted on sardines on dry French toast. It was Kerrie's Mothers' Day lunch. Happy Mothers' Day Kerrie & to our daughter Stacey who is mum to our grand children Will and Tom. We reached Saint Junien and checked into the Hotel Comodoliac. It was bloody hot when we arrived. The temperature was 29 degrees and it felt hotter. We dumped our stuff an...

Saturday 07.05.2011 - we left Pamploma with the threat of rain hanging over our heads - literally! We decided to suit up just in case. After about 45 minutes we rode into sunshine and de-suited. Start again and after 5 minutes - rain again! Suit up (again) and continue up and over the Pyrenees for the 4th and last time. We noticed plenty of walkers on the road, each with two walking poles and carrying a bag pack. During one of suiting up/off stops we spoke ...