SO Happy Hour at the Yacht Club, and after a few ciders the plans for the next week of work were discussed.
".............We could always cycle to the Eiffel Tower and back"
And that was that...............Ferry Booked, Bikes packed and 48 hrs later we're back in the GYC ordering a last pre-ride beer!
A mere mile later and were on the ferry to St Malo. Arriving in France a few hours later we headed off in a general eastwards direction into a beastly headwind.
We kept on putting a good dent in the journey before settling in for the night in a farmer’s field with a nice bottle of French Vino!
The following day we managed to detour fr0m the vague route description we had and found ourselves in the middle of somewhere and 70 miles after leaving St Malo we decided it was time to buy a map and get ourselves back on track.
The following few days were a mixture of ups and more ups and a few downs, 7 blown inner tubes, a snapped spoke which somehow happened outside a bike shop. Unfortunately this shop was shut for another 2 hrs. As well as a broken helmet and set of Panniers to add to the list!
HOWEVER......... 263.6 miles after leaving the GYC we were sat underneath the Eiffel Tower.
After a night out in Paris courtesy of Joseph it was time to jump on a train to Rennes and head back at a more leisurely pace!
A quick stop at a Decathlon and the supermarket for some cake we were back on track for the last 10km to the ferry. Until Ben decided to get hit by a car, with less than an hour before the ferry was departing we were now a bike down. A last minute dash around the car park and I’d sourced us a lift with a Gypsy Priest to take us to the ferry port, and he didn’t even try and convert us!
326.9 miles later and that beer in the Yacht Club had never tasted so good!!
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