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Lao Tzu

Beaune to Barcelona by bike

Since I was enjoying the recumbent so much I decided that cycling to Spain would be a good idea. I didn't have time to cycle all the way from England and so started at Beaune, just south of Dijon, in France. For two reasons: It was just over 1000km so I could do it in two weeks, and European Bike Express could take me and the bike there.

Date of event: 7/5/2009

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6.10am The first few km were a steepish ascent up onto a plateau but then after that it was a level or slight descent through a rocky, forested landscape with almost no one around. When I got the camera out to take this photo a crane or stork that had been just in the pool you see flew off and my camera/phone was too slow loading to get it.

 

I took this photo at 11.00am and I'm having lunch, I was so hungry but then, when it came to it I could eat very little. This salad was nice but the main course, some sort of turkey and mushrooms in a creamy sauce I just couldn't eat. But I'd not had breakfast so I guess I needed something.

 

11.53am and maybe this is the river at St Ambroix but I'm not at all sure, it was just a nice stretch of water.

 

12.06pm I am really starting to appreciate how nice it is to just cruise along easily on the flat. It's starting to get warmer, not just as the day wears on but as I get further south.

 

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Ascent to the plateau
6.10am The first few km were a steepish ascent up onto a plateau but then after that it was a level or slight descent through a rocky, forested landscape with almost no one around. When I got the camera out to take this photo a crane or stork that had been just in the pool you see flew off and my camera/phone was too slow loading to get it.
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Ascent to the plateau

Starving
I took this photo at 11.00am and I'm having lunch, I was so hungry but then, when it came to it I could eat very little. This salad was nice but the main course, some sort of turkey and mushrooms in a creamy sauce I just couldn't eat. But I'd not had breakfast so I guess I needed something.
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Starving

Saint Ambroix
11.53am and maybe this is the river at St Ambroix but I'm not at all sure, it was just a nice stretch of water.
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Saint Ambroix

Flat, I love flat
12.06pm I am really starting to appreciate how nice it is to just cruise along easily on the flat. It's starting to get warmer, not just as the day wears on but as I get further south.
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Flat, I love flat