This morning, for the first time since…well…since I can’t remember when, we actually set off in warmth and sunshine. The weather was nice, but the roads were less nice. Very, very busy, lots of roundabouts and traffic lights, that as we know, I do not enjoy navigating. We had a few short routes through some... Continue Reading →

Saturday May 2 With a break in the weather forecast for the first half of the day, we set off to head to Goussainville, to try and get some miles in before the clouds opened again and, according to the forecast, stay open for much of the forthcoming week. We stopped first at the supermarket... Continue Reading →

Today we spent another day in Compiegne, partly because the weather was forecast to be awful and partly because there was another museum we wanted to visit, that we hadn’t been able to get to yesterday. It was a public holiday here for May Day, and we had a slow and easy start in our... Continue Reading →

Today we had planned to stay put in Compiegne and do some roaming. Rain was forecast and the clouds did not disappoint on that score…down came the drops in a cold and relentless fashion, promising a somewhat soggy roaming experience. We caught the bus into the centre of the city and the fantastic thing about... Continue Reading →

Today was partly another “GPS Special” but finished with a lovely ride by the river. The day actually started with a run! Yaaayyy!! Now, Steve is not a morning person…at all! He likes to stay in bed as long as possible, whereas if I’m still in bed at 6:00am I consider that a sleep-in, so... Continue Reading →

Fair dinkum! That doofus of a GPS has taken us on some mighty strange routes at times and has got us lost or sent us up motorways and often made our cycling endeavours that bit more challenging and frustrating, but I reckon today’s efforts from the ding-bat device just about take the cake! There’s dodgy... Continue Reading →

Today we decided to hire a car and drive around the battlefields of the Somme. We set off in the grey, drizzly, windy morning to walk to the car pick-up and I said to Steve, “Do you think we made the right decision?” He looked at the sky and the blowing trees, “Yes, I think... Continue Reading →

We have been studying the weather forecast constantly for the last couple of days and each time we checked it, the news was grim…rain and strong winds for the rest of the week! When we checked it last night though, there appeared to be a window this morning when it would be fine, before raining... Continue Reading →

Well, there was no need to worry about missing the alarm or missing the bus, for our early morning departure to the Anzac Day dawn service. Simple reason…I didn’t go to sleep…at all! I’m now sitting on 36 hours straight with no sleep, so I hope I crash later tonight. At 1:00am I finally got... Continue Reading →

Aaah, what a slow and relaxing start to the day! We only needed to pack up camp and move up the road to the hotel we had booked months ago, so we had a room to snooze in before and after the dawn service. We took things slow, knowing we couldn’t check in for a... Continue Reading →