'I notice no one else is here on bikes', good observation Wobbly Wheels, but what does it matter when there are plenty of other Aussies paying homage to their hometown heroes of WWI? I am not a history student, nor do I take much (any) interest in war. However I found Villers and the Commonwealth cemeteries around Somme moving and humbling. There are 1000 war cemeteries and 2000 civilian cemeteries in Belgium and France marking the graves of about 750,000 Commonw...

Wobbly Wheels knows schoolboy French, but given his last name, penchant for croissants and the city of Paris he'd have you believe he is French. Those that know him also know he is no shrinking violet so with that in mind it will come as no surprise what happened yesterday. Riding from Le Cateau, it is early on Saturday afternoon, we are riding through back roads as several glorious French villages go whizzing past. There is a distinct lack of activity, and I me...

This is what we came for, sweeping bends, rolling hills, fields as far as the eye can see and sunshine, glorious sunshine. Today's ride from Lille was bliss. At the risk of sounding hideously romantic the birds were singing, you can smell the flowers and the continuous run of small French towns is overwhelming, sometimes they have as few as two or three houses. Blink and you will miss them. It's like a personal Tour de France. Legs 11 vs Wobbly Wheels. It was a m...

Bananas. 2kg for 3€? What's that $4-$4.50 at home?

I swear Belgium is Flemish for s*** weather. Headwinds and random rain storms is the only thing I've experienced since we started. Today was no different. I rode by myself as Wobbly Wheels caught the train as he is still carrying a war wound to his shoulder. But WW was in his element, he loves trains and the faster the better, particularly at 160km/hr.And I was quite happy pushing a headwind through numerous Belgian and French towns, bypassing several patisseries...