We loved Nimes!

How creative of them! Just imagine the response if they tried this in Victoria. 🫣 I’m sure people would just drive down the bike/bus lane. 🤪

I still can’t believe it and am so glad it happened.

Aren’t they gorgeous? Love them.

When they saw we were taking their picture they smiled and waved. It was a great encounter.

I still dream about a couple of the spots we have eaten lunch on tour. You almost can’t believe you are so lucky.

We are delighted to hear from you. It is such a great way to travel and we are so fortunate that we both love it.

Writing the journal, I used to bring my iPad with me and write the journal on that. I liked the size of the photos on the iPad, and I am a pretty fast two finger typist. However, one year I cracked my iPad screen in my pannier. I almost wept. It has had the spiderweb app ever since. It is also long past its best before date. So this year I brought Keith’s mini, but have discovered I am just as fast typing with my thumbs on my phone so this year I have been using it exclusively. In the future I don’t think I will bring the shiny new iPad I plan to buy when we get home. No worries about cracking the screen and saves weight too.

Keith takes the majority of the photos with his iPhone then transfers them to a shared album and away I go. I would say it takes about an hour for me to get it done. The pictures are an excellent reminder of what we saw. I enjoy doing it, so that really helps, and am beyond glad I have. We would forget where we have been if we didn’t have the journals! I always kept a hand written journal in the past…this is easier and the photos are in the same place.

Thank you! It is a wonderful part of France we are discovering. Today’s ride was very different from the last few days. Very urban, almost like the Algarve in Portugal. It was interesting in its own way.

Or a money pit!!!

I would say not quite splendid but better than fine hehe. Clean, great reception, not a shoebox. Might be splendid with a water view but we chose not to spend an extra 50 Euro for that. We do have a lovely view of the town and it was blissfully quiet.

He was incredibly adept with it. I bet he could!

You’ve done an excellent job describing your lovely day in Nimes and the ride there from St. Remy, not to mention your earlier ride to Pont du Gard. Your posts have brought back fond memories of our first French cycling tour fifteen years ago when we stayed in Tarascon for five nights and did dayrides to Les Baux, St. Remy and Pont du Gard as well as spending a day in Nimes. Reading your journal makes us want to go back to that part of France. Thank you for the inspiration!

I wonder if he could sign his name with that?

Hi Kathleen and Keith,

I'm new to Blaze - but love bike touring of course. I am very impressed with your journal - it is amazing...
I am curious how you do this - do you carry a small laptop with you? How long do you spend journaling daily? Looks like a lot of work but obviously passion project... photos all with phone?
not sure how you answer to me... peter@sportsjunkies.com

Lunch spots are such an underrated part of cycle touring. Stopping for nutrition at a beautiful spot is always a treat.