Blazing Saddles
J&J’s cycling adventures
J&J are cycling 800 miles from St Malo to Montpellier – the length of France. A bit like Land’s End to John O’Groats but with better weather and better food.
If you’re new to this blog start here with our first day.
Nous sommes arrivé!
We have cycled 835 miles and we have reached Montpellier. De la mer à l mer!!
I will add the final days of our cycling to this blog soon and continue blogging throughout the weekend as we play in a street music festival here in Montpellier and then attempt to get our bikes home by train.
Day 26 – Ants for breakfast
Woke up early to yet another stupendous dawn chorus. I wandered off to the loo and when I returned...
Day 25 – Blowing up a whippet’s ears
Up at 08:00 ready for the arrival of Mobile Véloman™️ at 08:30. It was hard to believe he would...
Day 24 – The stone of initiative
Time to say goodbye to our lovely caravan. We wish we could stay longer, there’s something very...
Day 23 – Easy like a Monday morning
Slept really late, didn’t get up until 09:00. Cozy comfy caravan! Cycled into town with just one...
Day 22 – The hills are alive
Woke up in our comfortable room after a really good night’s sleep. Mende is in a bowl surrounded...
Day 21 – Hail and pace
Breakfast on the campsite, bread & cheese followed by pain au choc with coffee for Jax and a...
Day 20 – Gimme shelter
Breakfast at the hotel: hot chocolate, fresh baguette, lashings of unsalted butter, honey and...
Day 19 – Dangly legs
Amazing birdsong this morning. When it died down there remained a conversation between two birds -...
Day 18 – Up and down à Lot
Left dull campsite at Figeac. Two very big climbs straight away. It was good to get them over with...
Day 17 – Dog day morning
We felt like we could stay at the farm campsite until the cows came home! Luckily we knew they did...
Day 16 – Day off
Have I mentioned my knee lately? No? That’s because it finally sorted itself out around day 10 and...
Day 15 – Hot, hot, hot!
It was nice to wake by the river. Nowhere nearby to buy food this morning but due to our fabulous...
Day 14 – Prehistory
Get up in the morning, pastries for breakfast,Allons voir une site préhistorique,Oh…Oh…The...
Day 13 – Three minutes late
Nice cat at campsite this morning, very friendly. Packed up and cycled into Tourtoirac. Bought...
Day 12 – Headwind
A beautiful sunny morning and Jackie started the day on the beach reading the cycling magazine...
Day 11 – Trumpets of Death
Started the day with bread and cheese outside our tent. Some ducks came to visit. We wanted to...
Day 10 – Adventure time
Left the slightly crap campsite as quick as we could this morning and went into the nearby town...
Day 9 – Better than day 8
Jackie bought breakfast nearby which we ate in the apartment. Yoghurts today. And pain au choc of...
Day 8 – Lonesome prairie
A good night's sleep in the tent and once again a joyful dawn chorus to wake us. A quick breakfast...
Day 7 – Surprise chateau
Woken by an amazing dawn chorus to rival the frog chorus of last night. Frogs 5 - Birds 10. Got up...
Day 6 – Loire valley and finally enough to eat!
We were both lacking energy and enthusiasm this morning. Jackie hadn’t slept well due to the cold...
Day 5 – Double chips
Woken by the sound of church bells at 07:30. Bread and cheese for breakfast. Left the campsite and...
Day 4 – Short ride
Last night at about 2am the temperature suddenly dropped drastically. Neither of us slept well as...
Day 3 – Route barré
Woke up in hotel feeing much refreshed and delighted to see some bright sun and blue sky waiting...
Day 2 – Raining, raining, raining and a hurty leg
The tent and new mattress have proven their worth: super-comfortable! (except for the makeshift...
Day 1 – First boulangerie of the trip
I don't mind getting up at 6 if it's because I'm on a ferry that's coming in to port. Some precise...
Day Zero – Allons y
And we’re off! Cycling onto a ferry is always exciting, heralding the start of a new adventure....