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Dieppe
So ferry arrived on time 1500 on 2nd May, and as i got off the ferry, not only was it dry but sun poking out through the light cloud. A merry wait for customs and immigration if an hour, a pleasent madam just asking if i had anything worth declaring and where I was going,…
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Rest day…..sunday 10 miles to alfriston
Nice lazy start to the day, left at 10am ish after having a good long chat to a man about his bike and his touring trips. Farm had fresh eggs for sale, so an omelette for breakfast was nice with other 3 eggs hardboiled for later. A nice pootle through the sun saw a pause…
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The sea..well English channel
It was cool and wet packing up at 5.45, after returning the cherry tomatoes (see last blog), on the road by 7am, one large hill to climb, noting the English vineyards of the RATHFINNY WINE ESTATE followed by the first view of English channel. Down to the promenade at Seaford and on to the ferry…
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Forest way and cuckoo trail
After packing up and visiting pooh bridge, off it was continuing down the forrest way through some faboulous countryside. Some steep pushing up hills. A pause at the sublime ‘The huntsman” by eridge station for a couple of pints in the sun. Then at Hartsfield starts the sublime Cuckoo trail, fully paved in asphalt an…
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Pooh sticks bridge
AA Milne lived at a country house in this area so decided to play pooh sticks at the bridge which he based his books around… Also is found the bears house
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Out of London…the start of avenue vert
So after a nice snooze courtesy of Premier inn Aldgate, who have good sized lifts so that bike complete fits in to get to room. Followed by a fine breakfast staffed by lovely people. Off to the start of avenue vert it is. So a quick 3miles dicing with London fast commuter cyclists to the…
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London property
Premier inn May be £120 a night…but the flats just outside my window are…pricey. Welcome to London! Large balcony they same, well not as big as mine at home and with a view of the matching flats opposite…hmmmm no thanks.
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Day 3 southern bedfordshire to central london
So after saying bye to my parents it was a late-ish start at 1030am, the first few miles where a reverse of yesterday including a killer(not able to pedal up) hill. Then after that just gently undulating through some lovely quite lanes and some busier roads until Hatfield where a rather good cafe produced a…
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Day 1 and 2
Left home at around 1300…nice and warm day around 16 Dec C with a bit of a breeze. Thought i would take it easy on first day…only 22.4 miles to a campsite adjacent to the A1 radwell mill. Very quite but very basic….but only 8 pounds. Very freindly owner came to check me in. …
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So where too….
Those that start to read this may wonder…so what are you doing… Well phase one is to go for a wee bike ride… the plan(rough) is from home in Cambridgeshire to Paris, then on towards st malo. After that South towards the med…..how far will I go…i don’t know. But that is the goals I…
Date Jan 22, decided myself and work where not a happy mix, two months on and I handed in my notice. Plan is to take the rest of the year off and enjoy life, get fit and see where we get too…..
Year of opportunity 