Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 20th, 2008
0 miles, Rochechouart
The worst night’s sleep since we set out over a month ago. Stupidly allowing ourselves to get burnt while we bobbed about in the pool meant I’d barely slept a wink and Kez hadn’t fared much better. The sky was cloudy this morning but I certainly didn’t feel like moving on. So we breakfasted, took […]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
0 miles, Rochechouart
‘Nontron tomorrow!’ I called to the camp attendant again.
‘OK!’ He waved back.
This place was just too nice to leave yet. He’d given us chairs, despite my initial misunderstanding when he said ‘you want shares?’. I’d thought for a second and certainly couldn’t think of anything I wanted to share, but luckily Kez clarified ‘chairs’ before […]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
0 miles, Rochechouart
Glorious warm sunshine hit the tent around 8am as it climbed above the woods to the East. I’d started packing while Kez was in the shower block when the friendly camp attendant enquired where we were cycling to today.
‘Nontron’ I replied, a town twenty something miles South which seemed to suit our needs. ‘Is it […]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
0 miles, Rochechouart
We woke to a grey sky with some lumpy grey clouds floating over, but thankfully the rain seemed to have stopped. We walked up the hill into Rochechouart and found a boulangerie for some pain au raisins for breakfast, and I couldn’t resist the small snail pie which she offered to heat, but I had […]
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
9 miles, Chabanais to Rochechouart
Despite the excellent showers, having the site to ourselves and a wonderfully quiet night’s sleep, we decided not to stay for our planned day off. As we’d feared the college began to fill with children around 8am, and being peered at over breakfast and having the bikes in plain view didn’t appeal. It had rained […]