So good to see Keith and Sue.

It’s nice to be able to like this photo again! It makes me wonder though if this is the largest CycleBlaze meetup in Europe so far. I remember some quintets (with you and the Meyer-Wearys and Suzanne and Janos) but I can’t think of another sextet.

Yes, it would have been great fun to all be together. And an epic 3rd Grampies meet-up in one year. We'll have to plan ahead in 2025.

Our timing is just ever so slightly off. We are meeting Sue and Keith in Gevrey (Wednesday Oct 2) at the same restaurant you went to, then continuing on to Beaune. Ah well, perhaps next time round we can organize ourselves better.

Looks like giant sized croquet balls. ;)

I loved reading this, except for the weather. It brought back such great memories, and oddly enough we had the same weather. Wishing you sunny skies.

Shave and a haircut -2 bits.

Thanks Keith - it was very helpful to orient me as to how the canals were all connected. I'm amazed that France is able to keep so many of the canals operational given the scarcity of boat traffic I've observed over the last week or so. I've seen more workers mucking out the locks than I've seen boats on the canal.

Great map of the canals.

Thanks - I had just come out of the bakery into the sunlight and was shocked to see the storm cloud hovering over the town

Too bad you’re bout to get soaked, but it’s nice that you got this great shot in first!

Thanks Betsy for you and others who have asked.
I live in the Raleigh area my sister tells me that though there has been lots and lots of rain it is not a disaster like it's been farther west in Asheville, in the mountain area of NC. The rains have caused a lot of landslides that have taken out roads and seem to have stranded a lot of people.
I dealt with a lot of tornadoes while living in Iowa, but their effect is more localized, not like the huge swaths of destruction that hurricanes can bring.

Terrible flooding in NC. I hope that your home is okay!

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Certainly not a hat!