Tag: travel
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The Big Ride
Well it’s been a busy couple of years since my last proper post. The ride to my new home and new life in the summer of 2022 was a good one, with the only disappointment being that due to the excessively hot weather (44 degrees) and our self-imposed time constraint Jane didn’t quite get here…
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Perigueux to La Roque
July 19th 2022 I was awake and up by 0650am. Breakfast by ten past, back in my room before half-past and a quick chat with Jane on FaceTime before my final pack and out on the road. I left with a certain degree of ambivalence, in that I wasn’t initially bothered about the ride itself,…
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Nontron to Perigueux
July 18th 2022 First day on my own. Not brilliant as I much prefer the chatter with Jane and the company we’ve had over the last couple of weeks. Ange & Steve dropped me back off in Nontron and reminded me to start my Garmin. So I did. Leisurely start due to the hour’s drive…
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Riding Home 2022
It has been the plan for a long time. Almost as long as the plan to sell up in the UK and move to France in our retirement. In 2018, the first part came to fruition and we sold up our family home in the UK and bought our beautiful old house at La Roque.…
