An incredible bunch of people who between them rode over 31,000 miles last week eating countless jaffa cakes and flapjacks, a lot of French bread and none of them wants to see a hydration tab for a while! If you…
And just like that it’s over Day 8 Rennes to St Malo before a bonus Cafe de L’Ouest night (boat cancelled due to weather but don’t think anyone was that bothered!!) and back today. It’s been an amazing week with…
Pretty miserable start to the day in the pouring rain and showers throughout the day, but the Mules spirit kicked it, they were all fabulous. And it gave us a chance to get the foil blankets out! As expected the…
Mysteries emerging…why do so many cyclist wear their full gear including helmets to breakfast? Up there with who killed Kennedy and why is phonetics spelt with a ph? We thought we’d come across a crime scene at the lunch stop…
Some of the serious cyclists were concerned about last night’s security arrangements for their precious bikes but not as horrified as Ray’s group were when they realised their bikes hadn’t been nicked! A new 100 mile group was formed –…
Another horrible day in Brittany! Vitre down to Nantes which everyone seems to have loved – probably because it was much flatter than yesterday! Other than a few close encounters with tractors and farm machinery it’s going worryingly well…
A relatively drama free day given last night….the birthday boy in his birthday suit (thankfully no photographic evidence…) amongst other incidents on a night that led to a number of hangovers…but everyone was still out on their bike today! Vitre…
Battle of the gradients – 17% for the 80 milers this morning, 21% for the 100 milers this afternoon. One car crash – not caused by or involving us thankfully. The gentleman in the ditch at 45% declared he didn’t…
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