Why exercise?
He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything
Don’t let your age control your lifestyle, let your lifestyle control your age
Suck it up and one day you won’t have to suck it in
Why cycle?
‘When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road without thought on anything but the ride you are taking’ – Arthur Conan-Doyle
‘Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving’ – Albert Einstein
‘Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls’ – Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
‘I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again’ – Michelle Pfeiffer
‘Cycle all day and not only will you see, hear, smell, and feel the world around you but you will burn thousands of calories and be able to eat as much of whatever you want’ – Nick Pannaman
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Day 7 – 15 June – Le Mont Dore to St Flour
Jun 15, 2018
65 miles ridden - 6000 feet climbed - temperature 20C (not trusting Garmin on this!!) Today is supposedly one of the toughest days of the tour. We were warned about the first 5 miles and actuality matched our worst fears. The climb started approximately 2cm from the...
Day 6 – 14 June – Aubusson to Le Mont Dore
Jun 14, 2018
60 miles ridden - 5420 feet climbed - temperature 20C (occasionally) The weather today was spectacular - a few high clouds which made the sky interesting but absolutely not threatening. The road surface was generally great. Sometimes the wind was behind us. It was a...
Day 5 – 13 June – Crozant to Aubusson
Jun 13, 2018
56 miles ridden - 4450 feet climbed - temperature 18C (chilly) It took us a while to come together this morning as we were spread across 3 hotels. In fact we didn't really congregate until lunchtime except for one poor soul whose navigation device failed him miserably...



