D 'n A tandem encore
Our latest 5 diary entries
7th Jul 2017 - 9th Jul 2017 | ||||
In Tours as tourists | ||||
Friday’s priority task was dismantling the tandem and shoehorning the pieces into one suitcase and one bike bag (for subsequent transfer to the second suitcase). That done we were free to wander as touri... | ||||
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6th Jul 2017 | ||||
Epilogue: Chaumont International Garden Festival by bike (58 km) | ||||
A little further upriver from Tours there is a Chateau Chaumont which each year in its extensive grounds hosts an international garden festival. There is a competition amongst professional landscaping firms to... | ||||
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4th Jul 2017 - 5th Jul 2017 | ||||
Étape finale: to St-Maure-de-Touraine (58 km), to Tours (45 km) | ||||
Our final two days of riding passed smoothly enough. We left the Vienne Valley (which will join the Loire some way downstream from Tours). Late Tuesday afternoon we happened by the "Maison de ... | ||||
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29th Jun 2017 - 3rd Jul 2017 | ||||
To Confolens (18+45 km), Lussac-les-Châteaux (56 km), Vouneuil-sur-Vienne (52 km) | ||||
These last few days have been planned around the predicted string of rainy days; the stops, like Exideuil, are on the Vienne river, and all in B&B’s.Thursday was just a short, wet hop to Confolens and ... | ||||
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28th Jun 2017 | ||||
Oradour-sur-Glane (76 km round trip) | ||||
After heavy rain all night we set off during a break in the weather on Wednesday morning to get to Oradour-sur-Glane. Without trailer or panniers we seemed to fly up hills, of which there were many.Orado... | ||||
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