Breakfast with the Friars: Pere Roch Andrew and Pere George. Very simple coffee and bread and jam/ honey, but very homely round their kitchen table. I am their only visitor. Roch very kindly took me on a shopping expedition in his car and we actually tracked down some camping gas in a mega supermarket! Very […]
Met Dutch randonneurs Rob and Marrion in a café in Bagnoles. They were on a multi-year walk from Ireland to Corsica!
Rain=No Sun=No solar electricity=mobile dies =No map! Tramped the 20k from Domfront to Bagnoles de l’Orme mainly in the rain. Luckily this was a dead straight forestry/Romania road, so navigating not a problem with the GR Red & White splashes of paint on the trees. Made good time and arrived about 2PM. Moment of panic […]
Arrived in Dromfront to find a trotting cart race in full swing. A kind man gave the dogs some burnt sausages! There was a band playing circular trumpets thar sounded like a Brazilian football match!
The Romans not only left straight roads, they left a heritage of orgies. In my case, this consists of arriving on a Sunday morning at the only place open in Lonlay-l’Abbaye, the supermarket, and pigging out in the rain outside on a litre of milk, 2 chicken breasts quickly stuffed into croissants, and some salad […]
Started off the day late at 8.30, in part because the weather forecast was suggesting not too hot: 21 or 22C. HAve reached a woody section, which is wonderfully cool. First the Fort de Mortain, then Forêt de la Land Pourrie rise and finally, after a little lake and a great slab of rock with […]
Met an all too friendly deer whom I christened Roger!
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