Morgan – see previous posts – has made it home to Parma. He writes;

“Made it [to Parma] last week on Wed 25th, after 1470km and 19 days… I was late but glad to arrive [& was] welcomed by a group of Greek friends celebrating with drinks and hugs! Then to recover I went to spend a long weekend at Cinque Terre in Liguria. Now back to business to organise the move from London and to face a bigger chanllege…find a job in Parma. Since Metz I just pedalled… was tired, & worried about the S.Gottard pass and then Switzerland wasn’t great. I have a lots of thoughts which I will post at later stage when settled here. However I must say that I loved cycling in France, the plat du jour, Cote du Rhone and the cycle paths in quiet little towns, France is a country to cycle and I will return!
Thank you very much Andrew for your advise, encouragement and your book which has been very handful for the whole trip!”

It was a pleasure. Well done!