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by Liz Miles : 37. Ascent : 230’. Running total : 708 miles. Myriam, our lovely host in peaceful Lège-Cap-Ferret, told us that this summer the wildfires came within metres of her house. She had to evacuate twice, and on the second occasion was away for 12 days while the fire service fought to bring…
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by Philip Miles : 52. Ascent : 1,483’. Running total : 671 miles. For the first time on this trip we had an AirBnB which required us to clean it before leaving – or pay €50 extra. We found a long list of cleaning jobs stuck to the fridge and had a long discussion about…
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by Liz Miles : 41 (of which 3.5 by ferry). Ascent : 489’. Running total : 619 miles. Last night the moonlight cast a wide beam across the water, causing the sea to shimmer. We watched from the porthole beside our bed as it moved slowly, lighting up a small white boat which gradually disappeared…
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by Philip After four days cycling, we have our third rest day. We burned through the miles in the first half of the trip, so when we came to plan the second half we found we could be gentler on ourselves, with more frequent rest days. Today has dawned with a beautiful sunrise, the sun shining…
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by Liz Miles : 43. Ascent : 866’. Running total : 578 miles. Last night’s beautiful house was on slightly raised land – unusual in this flat landscape – and when Philip opened the front door at 8 o’clock, a low, ethereal autumn mist was resting on the fields below. We were away at 8.30…
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by Philip Miles : 50. Ascent : 863’. Running total : 535 miles. We stayed in a delightful, very modern, house – for the first time this trip it was obviously the host’s home which they vacate to rent out on AirBnB when someone books it. The house was beautifully equipped, furnished and decorated, and…
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by Liz Miles : 43. Ascent : 551’. Running total : 485 miles. Everything hurt this morning, including my head where I clonked it last night walking straight into a low beam in the bedroom. Philip’s tennis elbow was playing up and my left shoulder came out in sympathy with my right shoulder which has…
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by Philip Miles : 37. Ascent : 751’. Running total : 442 miles. We have thoroughly enjoyed our high rise flat for these two nights – the most fantastic views, sunrises and sunsets. As today’s mileage is on the lower side we allowed ourselves a later start than usual, spending every last minute enjoying the…
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by Liz Another rest day got scheduled for today due to a) a long 60-mile ride yesterday and b) having more time than we needed in the second two-thirds of the ride. And c) because the apartment we booked looked amazing. At first light, small fishing boats were heading out to the open sea. The…
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by Philip Miles : 59. Ascent : 1,129’. Running total : 405 Our AirBnB was a large, three bedroomed house, well equipped and comfortable, but a bit lacking in some basics – no tea, coffee, salt, pepper etc – and a minimal amount of loo paper … one of our measures of how good a…