Our Cycle Camino begins……. Paris to Mont St Michel 459km’sWe left Helene’s home her wonderful boat that is moored practically under the Eiffel Tower and headed out of Paris via cycle lanes – luckily with Helene taking the lead, what was originally going to be stressful turned into a lovely wander out of this massive city. Helene was going to her childhood suburb to cast her vote and it was on the green-way out of Paris – Per...

Back to Paris after bidding our goodbyes to Emily, Andre, Nicolas & Anais. They had had a great family trip to India with Emily's parents & brother and we had enjoyed looking after their pets and home.   We caught our train to Paris at 10.35am and yep it left at 10.35am so efficient. The walk from the station to our hotel in Paris was freezing and wet, about 15 minutes we had forgotten what it was like to carry these bags. We dropped our bags at the hot...

After the 13 hours squashed like a sardine into Air France's 777-200 nightmare that lasted for eternity we landed in Paris and I instantly had forgot the previous 13 hours of uncomfortable hell. I was again full of excitement for Paris even if it was grey, cold and winter.  I had booked a transfer as our bags are loaded with gear for cycling and I couldn't be bothered lugging them on the train into Gare du Nord and then trying to walk to the hotel - is t...