To Lyon - Keeping up with Rudolf - CycleBlaze

June 19, 2024

To Lyon

The Famous Five get together again

Villefranche sur Soane
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Downtown
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The hotel de Ville Villefranche sur Soane
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Kens meal last night looked a bit weird but it was delicious
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We left early as we were a bit concerned about how we would get through the traffic, across the river and onto the route. It didn’t seem as bad as it had been coming in yesterday and we were both glad when we were across the river and onto the Voie Bleau and pleased to see that yes it did continue some of the way to Lyon

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The signage at this stage is great and not only does it tell you where to go but also directs you to services
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Plenty of picnic stops along the way
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More picnic areas
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Defences of earlier times
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The following pictures show a display of what happened in Trevor’s during WW2

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This is haw it looks today
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A massive collection of boats
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This bridge across must have been built about 1933 as it is almost identical with the bridge across the Clutha at Balclutha and the one across the Waikato at Tuakau. We didn’t cross it
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More old bridges
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As we got into Lyon the cycle tracks got a bit more dodgy sometimes without warning they would change sides of the road and sometimes disappear altogether.  However they did improve near the centre and we found ourselves at the central square and txted Jane.  They were only a few hundred meters away so we waited and before long there was a great reunion and the Famous Five were together again

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Over the bridge
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Waiting for Jane. Mark and Matthew
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Here they are
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They were then off to the bike shop to get their hire bikes for tomorrow.  We made it to our hotel and the fantastic lady although it was barely 12 let us check in almost straight away and we did our usual post cycle things before meeting up for what proved to be a delicious and happy lunch

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Steve Miller/GrampiesHow far south of Lyon are you going? We still remember an awful time trying to bike through a few years ago and have been seriously looking at taking a train to bypass it altogether. So far, though, you seem to have found it manageable so maybe we would also...
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Tricia GrahamTo Steve Miller/GrampiesRead todays episode to see what happened!!!
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