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  • Prussia Cove to Porthleven – 7 Miles

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        “Keep the water to your right and the land to your left” – Mike (helpfully explaining how to find Porthleven.)         After we visited the Mount, a ride had been arranged to take us to… Read More ›

  • England & The SW Coast Path

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    The SW Coast Path has been on my radar for several years.  It is England’s longest long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for 630 miles along the coastline of SW England, running from Minehead in Somerset (Atlantic side), along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole… Read More ›

  • France – Nice Part 2 and Monaco

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    The French Riviera Nice Part Two: On day two we told ourselves to “take a hike”.  A few miles East of Nice is a peninsula that sticks a few miles into the Mediterranean called Cap Ferrat.  There is a popular… Read More ›

  • France – Nice

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    The French Riviera Part One: Including the French Riviera in our travels was a “must” for me because outside of Paris it might be the most famous part of France.  Nicknamed the Cote d’Azur (the blue coast) in 1887, the… Read More ›

  • France – Aix En Provence

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    Like Avignon, Aix-en-Provence has two train stations.  The TGV station (fast train) is located on the line between Avignon and Marseilles, but it is a $40 cab ride to Aix-en-Provence from that station.  I routed us from Avignon to Marseille… Read More ›

  • France – Avignon

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    Avignon was a city I’d heard of, but didn’t know much about.  I was planning an activity for us in the general area of Avignon, so it worked out good to stay there for a couple of nights. We had… Read More ›

  • France – Annecy

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    After Lyon, we started using trains to get where we were going. Our next stop was in Annecy for a few days. Annecy is not far from the border of Switzerland and is close to some famous ski resorts -like… Read More ›

  • France – Lyon

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    On Saturday morning, they asked us to be off the barge by 9 A.M. There was a little store near the harbor where I’d seen a piece of Gien ceramics that I wanted to buy. We walked over there to… Read More ›

  • France Bike & Barge – Days 5 and 6

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    Day 5: The day my patience started to wear a bit thin… (not that my family thinks I have any to start with!) We rode 28.09 miles @ an average speed of 9.59 mph. We got up early again because… Read More ›

  • France Bike & Barge – Day 4

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    Due to the high temperatures expected today (it has been hot all week), everyone agreed that we should depart at 8:00 A.M. to get a head start on the sweating. Today’s ride was 28.4 miles @ an average speed of… Read More ›