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Day 3: la Victoria / Alcudia
Monday morning after breakfast we went along the coast to Alcudia. Skirted round the town and headed out to climb up to the nunnery at La...
Day 2: Cycle Cap Formentor
Collected the bikes from Bike Experience on a bright, sunny but cool Sunday morning. Keiron has a Giant road bike and I'm on a semi-step...


Day 1: Flight and shiver
Saturday saw us on an early EasyJet flight to Palma. Arrived to a cold, damp airport and got the 1130 bus out to Porto Pollenca. Our...


Classic Dordogne ride
Drove 40mins to cenac julien and parked. Cycled out past Castelnau, along the Dordogne, past chateau Milland, crossed at Allas des mines,...


Going up, down and round in Cirques
Started with coffee at the Cafe de l'Union then cycled from Le Bugue to Limeuil where the Dordogne and Vezere meet. Had pain au raison on...


A birthday market and ride
Tuesday is market day in le bugue so we cycled along the river to see what we could find. Steak, sausage, cheese, salad, bread and...


Les gravillons b faite chier
The morning started fine with mist over the lake. We cycled into town and checked out the 1900 anniversary fair. Managed to grab the...


Moving on the Vergt and the campsite at Lac Neufont
Never shop for food after a French restaurant lunch....


Wet en route to the Perigord
Rain was expected and did not disappoint. We took the tent down soaking wet ... the tent and us were dripping. The rain kept up as we...


I know the way ...
Today we rode 26 miles from camp in a circuit that looked fairly easy and straightforward on paper. Stopped in town for a baguette and...


Orador sur Glane ... it wasn't was boring, it was almost like the blues..
Almost like the blues....


The right road was truly lost
We (Keiron) took an improvised route from the campsite to ou de la glane. A route of misdirection and questionable decisions but we got...


Wet
A night of wild rain and crashing thunderstorms but the tent and our spirits just about held out. We somehow managed to decamp in good...


Some slightly more assertive gradients ...
We rode from the campsite out along lac Vassiviere for a while, then headed out on a circuit to Faux la Montangne. Very much steeper...


Plateau Millevache
After a night of prolonged rain we woke to cloudy sky's and hesitant sun. Good to go for a 30 mile ride. Cycled up to Royere, had pain au...


A circuit of Lac Vassiviere
We are at 'Bois et Nature' camping beside lake Vassiviere, deep in wooded hills of le Cruese. Nearest village is Royere de Vassiviere...
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