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#56: Back on our own – the curse of liking your family.
Torrential rain and thunderstorms over night were not felt too badly from the tent, but waking up int he morning we discovered that we’d forgotten to bring in our towels so they were sodden. Otherwise though, the trusty LoneRider tent and everything else held up super well in their first test – thankfully, as there’s Read more
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#55: Dune Camping with Family
The next leg of our trip saw us headed from Omaha Beach down towards Granville – Coudeville Plage to be more specific. The day started with it tipping down with rain early in the morning. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our surroundings with a brief walk to see the cows and horses of the local farmer who Read more
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#54: Bayeux and Omaha Beach
We started today with a beautiful run to the beach – Omaha Beach is an awesomely long stretch of golden sand which invites the Chariots of Fire theme tune to play on repeat in your head. It was nice to have a momentary break from riding – even though we haven’t been on the road Read more
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#53: Birthdays and Job Interviews on the Road
As I knew I had an interview this morning, I dressed in my smartest (only!) shirt, but still had to wear my motorbike jeans and boots on a swelteringly hot day… this didn’t help with nervous sweats! Packed up daily leisurely, made coffee then headed into the not-so-thriving metropolis of Sassetot-le-Mauconduit. Dealing with an interview Read more
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#52: Meeting up with Family on the Road
The first day on the road always feels like the biggest adventure – everything is new and exciting and you have to keep telling yourself that you’re actually ON the trip you’ve been planning. This was certainly us today. The morning started with Tom making a new record of the amount of time he’ll be Read more
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#51: Setting off to France.
And we’re off! After a very stressful week of getting all our stuff together for the trip, whittling it down to the bare essentials (and then trimming that down again!), moving the entirety of our belongings to Eliza’s family and trying our best to make sure that it’s packaged up to be shipped to the Read more
Boondock Puffins 