Welcome to our 'mini' bike ride.




We're off again ! This time down to Falmouth in Cornwall. Mary Ann's son Jack is coming to the end of his 3 years at uni down there and we haven't ever seen the house he moved into for his second year ! Sal has to see it too as she is his Godmother and feels the need !
So we are leaving from Putney Bridge on Friday 9th March 2012. This is near the beginning of the UK cycle route 4 which ends in Wales. Actually we are jumping off at Bristol and then heading down to Glastonbury and joining Route 3 which is part of the Lands End to John O'Groats route. We should take 7 or 8 days to do it soooo Welcome to the ride.

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Friday 20 May 2011

Keskastel to Strasbourg








  1. Rolling country side on the way to meet Sal who had taken the caravan 80km on towards Strasbourg. She actually left the car and van on the side of the canal leading into Strasbourg. Much much later we got back to it in a torrential storm and found ourselves blocked in by three camper vans. We had no choice but to stay put and then cycled into Strasbourg the next day.
  2. Much like England? It was shortly after this I had my first puncture and for the first time EVER did not call Bruce for help!!!
  3. A beer stop, proudly showing our GB stickers on the backs of our bikes!
  4. As we came into Strasbourg the first building we came across was the European Parliament.
  5. Then the Council (Palais) of Europe which is where Ella did her internship last year. Strasbourg is a wonderful city and 100% bike friendly. From this point we pedalled into the city centre (via a sunny beer stop) often just going alongside the canals.
  6. & 7. The Cathedral is the central point of the city. As you can see quite spectacular. The surrounding architecture was quite Gothic but there are also huge Italian style Piazzas. Really lovely. I was able to easily cycle out to our camp site in the suburbs whilst Sal cycled back to get the caravan.
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