France Against the clock now – Mont St Michel, Normandy Beaches, Honfleur Bagneres de Luchon – Harrogate’s Twin Town Beautiful drive – D11 Pyrenees towards Med & LPG Success Bikepacking – who’d have thought Bordeaux, Bordeaux Bounty Hunters – along to Benodet Cote de Granit Rose – trip down memory lane Escaping the heatwave French ‘Durrells’ house via brief stop at Montpellier Honfleur – and then ferry It’s All Too Beautiful … May/June ’23 Trip Roundup More ‘non plain sailing’ Naturists R Not Me On Robert Louis Stevenson’s Chemin but with bike not donkey Pandemic & Brexit – Travel in France Paris à Velo Route to Charleville-Mezieres Something new & French shores once more Stowaway Released Thelma & Louise go Place in the Sun Two wheel ascent to the Causse Unplanned early return & tears for brexit Volcanoes – Should I stay or should I go now – followed by the Limousin War Grave WWII and the EU