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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
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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11.48am The owner/chef came out to say hello and also to take my photo - bike, cascading hanging baskets of flowers and cheers to you.

 

12.38am, flat and windy, at times I would turn at right angles to the wind and my speed would pick up 10km/hr - but aren't those the pyrenees in the distance? I think they are, yoohoo.

 

13.53pm I'd been to the camp site and got the tent up but decided to have a tour around the town where I met this happy bunch just coming to the end of their own tour. They fed me with fresh apricots and gave me a replacement flag for the bike. It was only the actual flag part they had and so I had to fit it to the lower stick that I still had. Consequently it only reached the height of my backrack - to warn dwarf motorists I joked.

I was very happy to have met them though, it was nice to actually talk in a language I knew well for a change.

 

59km, avg 13.7km/hr, max 49km/hr

 

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Cheers
11.48am The owner/chef came out to say hello and also to take my photo - bike, cascading hanging baskets of flowers and cheers to you.
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Cheers

Glimpse of the Pyrenees
12.38am, flat and windy, at times I would turn at right angles to the wind and my speed would pick up 10km/hr - but aren't those the pyrenees in the distance? I think they are, yoohoo.
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Glimpse of the Pyrenees

Catalans, they're everywhere
13.53pm I'd been to the camp site and got the tent up but decided to have a tour around the town where I met this happy bunch just coming to the end of their own tour. They fed me with fresh apricots and gave me a replacement flag for the bike. It was only the actual flag part they had and so I had to fit it to the lower stick that I still had. Consequently it only reached the height of my backrack - to warn dwarf motorists I joked.<p>I was very happy to have met them though, it was nice to actually talk in a language I knew well for a change.
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Catalans, they're everywhere

Day 13: Sall&egrave;les d'Aude to Tuchan
59km, avg 13.7km/hr, max 49km/hr
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Day 13: Sall&egrave;les d'Aude to Tuchan