Back in England, with 5.45am wake up music on the ferry before we docked at 6.45am and disembarked soon after. Portsmouth is very busy at that time in the morning! Nevertheless, I managed to fight my way round to Portsmouth Harbour Station. That left me the best part of 3 hours to wait for my …
The River Orne, the Caen Canal, and I, have all made it to Ouistreham. While the first two end at La Manche, aka the English Channel, or whatever Donald Trump has decided this stretch of water should be called, I will continue on the overnight ferry to Portsmouth to begin the final day of my …
Just one more day in France to go. Today has been a much easier day, but not without challenges. A late start was I order to avoid arriving well in advance of check-in time, but today was the hottest day of the trip and, once the well-shaded railway bed was finished near Flers, the heat …
I always suspected that this could be the toughest day. I’m glad it followed the Rest Day! It was the longest ride, with the most climbing (even if most of that was relatively gentle slopes), and it turned out to be the hottest day, ending at the least pleasant campsite and, to round it off, …