Disembarked at Bastia around 7.30am. It was 23 degrees and overcast. Found a quayside café for breakfast. Got talking to a Parisian lady schoolteacher, from Fontainebleau who was anxiously waiting for her partner who’d gone off to get a repair done to their motorcycle and had not returned. She was on the island to compete in a big Scrabble tournament. We wished her luck and moved off. After having a quick look-see around Bastia (Corsica’s second city), we h...

Early start from Marignane (Marseille’s Airport’s nearest town). A hot day in prospect - 25 degrees by 9am. Cycled east towards and through Marseille (wake up and smell the covid), over a range of hills and through a dramatic rocky gorge. Made it to the port city of Toulon by around 3pm. Around 100km covered. (Lunched, en route, on the juicy fruit of a wild fig tree.) Had a beer on the dockside before boarding an overnight ferry to Bastia, Corsica.

Tour ‘20, #No10 Bristol Airport was fairly quiet. Although there were plenty of flights on the board. Drizzle at Bristol. Apparently 30C in S of France. Our EasyJet service, to Marseille, had only 20 or so passengers onboard. Masks to be worn onboard unless eating or drinking (the food/drink on sale). We were obliged, by France, to have previously downloaded and filled in two Covid-related questionnaires. It was only when we’d exited Marseille airport tha...