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Gallery: Ride from Birmingham to Wales

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 18 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Chalfont St. Giles

AFGHANISTAN | Friday, 18 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Poole to Chalfont St. Giles

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 31 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery

July 18th

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [357] | Comments [3]

July 18 - Tuesday Chalfont St. Giles Happy Birthday Mary! Happy Birthday Ken! I actually slept in -it was nice. Jon was already plugging away on the computer so after a hurried breakfast we went right to work catching up on journals and correspondence.... Read more >

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July 17th

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [288]

July 17 - Monday Chalfont St. Giles We got up and had a little bite to eat before walking to the village. We stopped at a public path sign and asked a gentlemen if the road we were on lead into the village (Jon wanted to make sure he remembered correctly).... Read more >

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July 16th

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [290]

July 16 - Sunday Andover to Chalfont St. Giles We left at about the same time as the day before and enjoyed the country roads. I was dreading one part that had been listed on the maps with an arrow - the symbol for a steep hill but it didn't say ... Read more >

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July 15th

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [441]

July 15 -Saturday Dorset to Andover 60 miles I didn't know they followed miles in England. We changed the computers on our bikes to read miles. We were up and out the door by 0730 after Rory had made us a detailed map out of Dorset, poured us some ... Read more >

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July 14th

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [251] | Comments [1]

July 14 - Friday Dorset We got up and had a bite to eat. I walked to the ASDA grocery store to buy a few staples. I bought a lot of fresh vegetables since I knew I wouldn't have to worry about them getting squished in a bike bag. Nutella was only ... Read more >

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July 13th

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [509]

July 13 - Thursday Valognes, France to Dorset, England We awoke surrounded by thick fog. I was actually cold! I can't remember the last time I was cold enough to want to bundle up! By the time we left camp the fog had all but burned off and the ... Read more >

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July 12th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [653]

July 12 - Wednesday Arromanches to Volognes We were up early and on the road before the wind really picked up and the heat started rising. More rolling hills - my knees were talking to me. It's a pretty ride though not much shoulder to speak of ... Read more >

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July 11th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [578]

July 11 - Tuesday Caen to Arromanches We left the Astrid, late around 0930. We started out after picking up some contact lens solution, a couple baguette sandwiches and a Florentine for me and a pain au chocolate for Jon. I was in charge of getting ... Read more >

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July 10th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [580] | Comments [1]

July 10 - Monday La Haie de Poele We slept in a bit and still had one more load of laundry to do. In between that time we were able to share our website with David and Ruan. They shared with us the video footage of their trip to Venice and to South ... Read more >

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July 9th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [800] | Comments [1]

July 9 Sunday World Cup Final France vs. Italy We got up and had some porridge with goats milk - good stuff. The night before we enjoyed fresh bread (we did meet in the boulagerie/bakery afterall), sausages, coleslaw, salad and pate in crute (pate ... Read more >

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July 8th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [810] | Comments [2]

July 8 Saturday We were up, packed and out the door around 0900. There was a weekend market in the large parking lot across from the hotel. Clothes and household items mostly. We pushed our bikes through looking at the different boothes on our way ... Read more >

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July 7th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [507] | Comments [2]

July 7 - Friday Nogent - le - Retrou "Do you want to be navigator today?" Today was the day I would take over the map and be in charge of where we were going. God help us. After leaving the Cloys-sur-le-Loir campground we were pretty much going ... Read more >

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July 6th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [696]

July 6 - Thursday Chambord Since the campground wasn't too far away - about 8 kilometers we slept in a bit before heading out. It was a little overcast and the ride through the surrounding forest was beautiful. We rode along what was essentially a ... Read more >

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July 5th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [609]

July 5 - Wednesday We didn't leave the campsite until just before noon which is way later than we had originally planned. From the looks of it, not too many people were going to stick around as there was a larger than usual exodus from the campgrounds ... Read more >

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July 4th

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [535]

June 4 - Tuesday Saumur to Chennonceaux "Hey, it's the Fourth of July!" - S "I know." - J We were taking the 0812 train back to Tours. We had gotten to the train station, purchased our tickets and had spotted a ramp across the tracks to platform ... Read more >

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July 3rd

FRANCE | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [527]

July 3rd Monday We decided to stay another day, to plan and in the afternoon, do some wine tasting with the free admission tickets we had received when we checked in at our campsite. A lot of stores are also closed on Mondays, including the internet ... Read more >

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Gallery: la Haie de Poele

FRANCE | Saturday, 15 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Heading towards Normandy

FRANCE | Saturday, 15 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Saumur

FRANCE | Saturday, 15 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Rigney Usse

FRANCE | Friday, 14 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Chennonceau

FRANCE | Friday, 14 Jul 2006 | Photo Gallery

July 2

FRANCE | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [364]

July 2 - Sunday Saumur We slept in with plans for going into town and likely going to the chateau. Turns out there was an international music festival on this weekend through Monday. We walked around the town, found an internet point and an awesome ... Read more >

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