by Jon Rolfe | Jun 9, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Slept really late, didn’t get up until 09:00. Cozy comfy caravan! Cycled into town with just one empty pannier – like floating on air without that 12-ish kilos on the back of the bike. Wandered round a supermarché, having made the mistake of picking up one of...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 8, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Woke up in our comfortable room after a really good night’s sleep. Mende is in a bowl surrounded by mountains and this made for some stunning early morning views of low cloud across the city. Spent a while sorting our washing and repacking our panniers neatly then...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 5, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Breakfast on the campsite, bread & cheese followed by pain au choc with coffee for Jax and a lumpy hot choc for me. The lovely campsite dog came to see us. I like dogs. Jackie is very wary of them and not welcoming. So who did he want attention from? That’s right,...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 5, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Breakfast at the hotel: hot chocolate, fresh baguette, lashings of unsalted butter, honey and confiture. Had morning showers just because we could. Packed up and headed out on the road. Two significant climbs today. The first started after a couple of miles on the...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 3, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Amazing birdsong this morning. When it died down there remained a conversation between two birds – it seemed like a conversation because they politely took it in turns. One had a beautiful song, quite complex and very tuneful; the other had a repertoire of a...