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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
0 miles, St. Julien en Born
Our plan to spend a second day lazing at the beach went belly up from the start. The inconsiderate youngsters that woke us around 5am by chatting away merrily in a nearby pitch, presumably after returning from a very late Saturday night out didn’t matter so much, but the cloudy sky, chilly breeze and Kez’s […]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
6 miles to the beach and back
We made our way back along the cycle path, past Kez’s crash spot to Contis Plage, the large beach that most of the tourists in the area head for. With panniers full of picnic food and grapefruit squash we sat ourselves down on the golden sand while the green/blue waves rolled in impressively carrying surfers […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
0 miles, St. Julien en Born
We decided to stay for a couple of days as we munched hazlenut and chocolate chip cookies and slurped coffee beneath the pine trees. We had a nice pitch on a reasonably priced, quiet site a short ride from the beach, the town and a large supermarché. We relaxed amidst the sand and pine needles […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
21 miles Mimizan to St Julien en Born
I got a bit confused with our route out of Mimizan and we ended up going back on ourselves a bit and we ended up doing ten miles without really gaining much Southerly ground. We finally found the piste Southward near the coast and followed it through the woods and dunes. The constant croaking of […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
20 miles Parentis en Born to Mimizan
We woke late, laid in, then breakfasted and packed leisurely. We’d decided on a short ride today so didn’t leave until nearly lunch time. We cycled down to the lake and out onto a spit of land that had boats moored either side and fishermen on the end. The lake looked wonderful which ever way […]