WHERE ARE YOU? They all ask! (by Julian)

It turns out that the SFR 3G network isn't even very good 2G...so we haven't been able to blog since we started the bike ride. And despite a battery change our GPS locator has failed too in sympathy. We hope to get it working in a minute but until then...we are in France.


The night has been "eventful" with running repairs to bikes, a lot of Garmin related detours (Sue went backwards, I went into a wood - involving a rapid downhill bit into the wood and a long uphill bit to get back on track!)

We continued to swap in strict rotation throughout the night - and taking any sleep as and when we could find it (not easy in a jolting minibus). We are now all on our last legs - literally and metaphorically. But we were slightly refreshed to find a BP garage with a shower - which for 2 Euros, we all managed a shower. Bargain!!

Now we are continuing to make slow progress and have just reached Grandvilliers. Andy is on the bike (which means I am up next) and we are around 120km from Paris. Ian is trying to get the minibus started - the key has been defective since we left! So although we have lost a few hours in the woods, we are back on track for Paris - in a sunny July morning in northern France.

Arc De Triomphe here we come!