I didn’t hang around in central London to see them return… Perhaps we’ll have more luck tomorrow with the women. Nicole Cooke will be defending the gold medal she won in Beijing but Lizzie Armitstead might have a better chance… I’ll be there too (watching, not cycling).
Thursday 26th July Besanรงon to Montbรฉliard: Time Unknown, Approx. 100km “The first thing I did that morning after saying goodbye to Nelly and Julien was head up the steep hill to the citadel. It was the one thing that Nelly said I could not leave without visiting. Besanรงon […]
This weekend sees the men’s and women’s road races. They start and finish on The Mall in central London and if you don’t have a ticket for The Mall itself you won’t get in. However… everywhere else on the route is unticketed meaning that you can just go […]
Wednesday 25th July Dรดle to Besanรงon: Time unknown, Approx. 65km “I started my day with a Nutella crepe and a coffee at a little cafรฉ in Dole. It was right next to the cathedral. I visited the cathedral after my breakfast. Inside, it was quiet and cool, a […]
Tuesday 24th July Chalon-sur-Saone to Dรดle: 3 hours 50 minutes, 70km “Today was a good day. It just had that feeling about it. The sun was yet again shining and I was in a good mood. You see, what mood you’re in becomes harder to detect when you’re […]
A couple of Warmshowers visitors have passed this way over the last few days; first there was Bob, a novice touring cyclists in his 60s and then there was Wade, a novice touring cyclist in his 20s. I’m a novice touring cyclist somewhere in the middle! Bob is […]
Monday 23rd July Blanzy to Chalon-sur-Saone: 3 hours 16 minutes, 49km “To say I slept well last night would be a lie. It was a restless night, I kept waking up expecting to see a farmer with a flash light and shotgun. As soon as the sunโs rays […]
