My first trip, Devizes to Paris in 2012
The Day After
Summary Having now completed the ride and with a little time to reflect, I'm really glad I chose to do ...
Last Day – Return to Devizes
Sorry for the delay in updating the Blog, yesterday and today have been hectic. I arrived back in Portsmouth at ...
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Evreux to Caen
Last night I stayed in a Kyriad hotel which is part of the same group that owns the campanile hotels ...
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Paris to Evreux
I started the journey home today. The planned route taking in the palace at Versailles. I got to Versailles with ...
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Last day in Paris
Last day in Paris 22/8/2012 Took it easy today. Went up the Eiffel Tower. I was pleasantly surprised the price ...
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1st day as a tourist
Well, what to say... What a city. So different to anywhere I've been before. I'd found out before coming about ...
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Arrivee Francais
Arrived in France early at 5:40 UK time. Very misty/foggy. The app I'm using for the progress page has every ...
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Trip down to Portsmouth
Stopped at the Fox and Hounds in Crawley for lunch and a break. Met up with Belle and Rebekah. Weathers ...
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Packing done…well almost.
Finally got most of the packing done. Bike weighs a ton.... Can't think of much I can take out though ...
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Preparation…
Just under two weeks to go until I leave. Typical GHL, should be further prepared than I am. Things still ...