Nearly 84 years ago, on the 31st July 1944, General Patton of the US army, led 7 divisions over the bridge that I crossed this morning at Pontaubault, crossing the River Sélune, and heading to liberate Paris. This morning, you might have been forgiven for thinking that you could still hear cannonfire. The distant crashing […]

“Topsy!” “Ughhh” “Topsy! Are you awake? “Ughhh!” said Topsy with more conviction. “Is Master awake?” “NO!” said Topsy with great conviction. “Shall we wake him up?” said Happy, Adding in desperation,”For breakfast!” Topsy, like all good labradors, loves food, especially dinner. Breakfast is the same as dinner; smaller, but definately worth waking master for! Topsy […]

Morning coffee with a fellow randoneur. Gerarde from  Belgium  

Watching the sun set over Mont St. Michelle, sat by my tent on a small bluff at Point de Roche Touring. The mosquitos obviously enjoy the view too and have come to join me. So I have joined the dogs in the tent and pushed Happy back onto HER side of the tent! A long […]

At last! The distant spec has bevome a teality! Mont St. Michel.

A day for reflection on things uniquely French: Toilets with a hole in the ground; Sat Navs for walkers say “take the first exit at the roundabout” means turn right; “tout a droit, tout a droit” means keep going straight and NOT keep turning right! Terrain has changed from tree-lined paths to flat Dutch like […]

Mt. St. Michel slowly gets bigger!

Mt. St. Michel slowly grows in size.

Leaving the Atlan tic!