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Well that looks like a good solution to a pretty stressful day. So glad it all worked out!! Really enjoying following your trip. ( I’m Judy Cox’s sister- we came with her for lunch with you at your vineyard farm a few years back. ) Happy cycling and writing- it’s a great read!
5 years agoThat was drama we could have done without. The hotel staff were very excited by it though and really chuffed by their great saving. My poor white bike though has some gravel rash where it was dropped. The audacity of the whole thing is amazing - the situation at the hotel is there is a wide courtyard inside that door with chairs etc and another exit to the side with a slightly wider door and no steps - that is where they were trying to get out
5 years agoKen is like Janos, it is almost impossible to get him to travel on a train with a bike.
5 years agoIt really took us by surprise. The rats must have been watching us and thinking these two doddery old people are fair game. We really are usually very careful guarding our bikes
5 years agoUnpleasant as the canal du midi is, your decision to cut it out by train was a wise one. Interesting adventures you two seem to have even when not moving. Bikes thieves in the lobby, wow. From here on in it should be more fun without the drama.
5 years agoWell, that was enough excitement for one day, wasn't it! By now, Janos almost refuses to travel by train with bikes. You never know what surprises are in store for you.
5 years agoWe certainly would Keith. WE are so lucky about the bikes but all is well that ends well Will be certainly be glad to get back on the bikes tomorrow
5 years agoWow. Inside the hotel lobby! That’s a cautionary tale alright. Glad it worked out in the end. And we’re looking forward to following along the canal with you - it’s a ride we’ve been looking at ourselves.
5 years agoWell that was an exciting day for you two. Makes for interesting reading but I am sure both of you would have preferred a quiet ride in the countryside. From all I have read about the Canal d Midi you have made the right decision. And I am really glad you don’t have to go bike shopping. Take care!
5 years agoThey make you pay to go on it now!
5 years agoI hadn't thought of it for years and years, but your entry today brought to mind learning the song Sur Le Pont D'Avignon in schooldays.
5 years agoYes it is a really great trip Jack but certainly not easy though we get onto an easy stage now. Ken had a wonderful tractor experience today
Tricia
I am thoroughly enjoying your travels. It strikes me (so far) as your most successful trip ever. Like the old stationary engine. I recall my father's old Pitt, which was even older. It was horizontal, make and break ignition. He bought it second hand in the 1920s, and it went totally reliably for over 40 years. I gave it away--still in running order--to a collector.
5 years agoTrain to Toulouse is an excellent idea. Why fight with a third rate trail when you can be almost instantly inserted back to heaven.
We were looking at so much unicorn junk in Costco today. Neither Costco nor the Chinese manufacturers seem to know that all the real unicorns are in the Camargue!
Thieving birds
5 years ago