What did the Romans ever do for us?
October 12, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
A night in a car park preceeded by checking the legitimacy of as many sidestreet bars as possible.
All seems very legitimate.
Montpellier, France
October 12, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
It was a student city so we decided to take a course in "happy hour" and we both passed. Tried some Lebanese fodder which seems to be just dips. Nice dips though.
Probably the biggest city that we'dRead more
Needing some sodium in our water
October 14, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Big ol' beach. Wind a plenty.
This morning it was an 700m walk to reach the sea, this afternoon, due to flooding, it was about 10m.
Turns out tides aren't necessary.
Also played some all terrainRead more
Carpark for 2 nights
October 18, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Nice.
Med-initiation
October 20, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Storm finaly lifted, allowing us our first salty swim of the trip. Rode up, and then back down a hill.
Van did a whoopsie
October 20, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Belt tensioner decided it was all getting a bit too tense so decided to relieve the tension. Unfortunately it did it on on a Saturday so we had to stay in a carpark until Monday. Luckily there was aRead more
Cycle to Gruissan
October 21, 2018 in France ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Lovely stuff.
What have we got Toulouse?
October 22, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Our bikes.
After a lovely day sightseeing, eating some tasty Vietnamese treats and relaxing in a park some helpful chaps decided that our bikes were slowing us down so kindly liberated us from theRead more
Country living.
October 25, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Wonderful week or so spent at Sue and Rogers lovely house and being made to feel very welcome. A visit from the Fallas, wild mushroom picking, long walks, more flaura and fauna, games by the fireplaceRead more
Arrived late left early.
November 3, 2018 in France ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Due to driving all day we only saw a carpark but if it was a fair representation of perpignan, then the city is terrible, no schools, hospitals or people, just gravel.
Oh hey Spain, you Spanish place.
November 4, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Having decided that France was a bit too French, we thought we would see if Spain was and less French, turns out it's quite Spanish.
Coincidentally I have a feeling morocco might be quite moroccan,Read more
Bike testing, fitness disappointing.
November 5, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Time to put the new bikes to the test, they passed and we failed
Stopover before barcelona
November 6, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Spanish Sea tastes the same as French sea, we presumed.
Found some vegan moyanaise though.
Collect a Dan.
November 7, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Mission complete.
Berga, Spain
November 8, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Fancy pants all round. Spa day the hangover away. Drop Dan at the top of the trails, ride through some snow, then head to nearby village to meet him near the bottom. Purchased some multi colouredRead more
Autumn's here, but it's different
November 10, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Table tennis becomes Olympic standard as the trees change their colours out of respect.
Temperatures somehow hit the 20s while everything else is already in full winter gear. The trees have theirRead more
Gorge walk
November 11, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Gorgeous George strikes again.
Maintaining the mountain maintenance
November 16, 2018 in Andorra ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Shuttle run cedric up the downward wheel trails. Lunch of refinement with added mushrooms. Depart the country due to impending inclement icicles. Great intention to return. Fully endorse this country.
Wetter than an otters pocket
November 17, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
It rain, then rained, then raining.
Finally it rained.
After that it got wet.
Fortunately there was a fireplace and a range of beers to supplement our range of beers.
Banyolesing around
November 18, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Camping near girona wasnt feasible, so this seamed reasonable.
Finally found some dry trails, paid a fortune for some average ales.
In girona we found the solution, vegan cafe with an incredibleRead more
Tap that pas
November 23, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
More people arrived, so cabin was required and acquired. Finally mastered the public transport, expecting a badge from brown owl any day now.
Tibidabo to you too sir.
Ferry nice crossing
November 27, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Arrived in the dark and drove to the Eastern Point for sunrise, met up with Dan and Ieva, had a go on a practice kite, explored palma, markets, roast, horny cat, brunch, forgot this was a sentence,Read more
Being garden centred.
December 19, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Making a food forest, vegetable plot, lawn and all sorts of other lovelyness.
Olvidé
December 22, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
All over the shop.
Not cala varques
December 23, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Set off for a Christmas eve eve swim at cala varques with MC jess rocking the sat nav, upon arrival she discovers we're at another beach an hours walk away.
Fortunes on our side though because thisRead more