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 4 – 12 June – Loches to Crozant
Jun 12, 2018
71 miles ridden - 3400 feet climbed - temperature 23C What a wonderful day. No rain. It almost didn't matter what the scenery was like or how pretty the villages and towns were we had sun cream on and were dry. Fields look different in sunshine. Corn looks better,...
Day 3 – 11 June – La Flèche to Loches
Jun 11, 2018
79 Miles ridden - 2500 feet climbed - temperature 20C Wet! Wet! Wet! From the moment we walked out of our hotel to get our bikes until lunch in Langeais it rained. And in between the rain it seriously poured. No pictures today! Within our group we had a wide variety...
Day 2 – 10 June – Bagnoles de l’Orne to La Flèche
Jun 10, 2018
80 miles ridden - 4200 feet climbed - temperature 25C We were guaranteed rain today, the question was when. Forecasts ranged between 09:00 and 13:00 with between 30% and 55% certainty. The sun was up when we left and the town did look so much nicer than it had in the...



