Author: Garry

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in France on Monday, 18th-March-2019. Bognor Regis, England to Neufchatel-en-Bray, France. 60 miles. Sorry about the email you may have received earlier, it was just me and technology not getting on!

Bonjour bonjour! Finally, I’ve made it to France!

I’ve been trying to get here for weeks now. In fact, I think I’ve been trying since last April, if I remember correctly! Every time I’ve tried to get here, something has always gone wrong, or we’ve had bad weather like we’ve had for the past couple of weeks, gale force winds! But now there’s a break in the weather, and I’m feeling good. So that’s it, I’m off!

It was an early start this morning, and I was on the road by 4.30 am heading for Newhaven to catch the ferry to Dieppe.

Nice easy ride to Newhaven, and I arrived at about 8 o’clock. In plenty of time for the 10 o’clock sailing.

The crossing was very smooth, and it didn’t seem to take too long at all, although it was still four hours!

I met a lovely young couple, Mike and Pip, on the ferry this morning who were also on bikes. They’re heading for Switzerland in a roundabout way! It was nice talking to them.

Finally, I’m In France

I arrived in Dieppe around 3/3.30 and, as per normal, got lost trying to find my way out! Well, not lost, I was just on the wrong road, the busier main road, instead of the quieter small road! But it didn’t really matter. It took me to the same place!

Nice ride along the Avenue Verte with a nice tailwind.

I’m hoping to get to Paris tomorrow. I know I always used to do it, but I’m not so sure these days, we’ll see! If I do, I do. If I don’t, I don’t! It’s not a problem, either way. It’s just nice to be able to ride!

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in the UK on Saturday, 2nd-March-2019.Brighstone to Bognor Regis. 60 miles.  Well I was very good today and didn’t dither at all! And as a consequence every ferry I went on, literally left just as I got on!

I didn’t leave the campsite until gone 10 o’clock this morning, there was no rush and besides it was drizzling first thing so I waited for that to stop.

Before leaving the campsite I went to say hello to Gordon the alpaca, but for some reason he was a bit off with me!

After getting the cold shoulder from Gordon I went to say goodbye to the people who work at the campsite. It was then that I learned the possibly reason for getting the cold shoulder from Gordon, it’s not Gordon its Norman! No wonder he ignored me!

In my defence it was last July when I learnt his name, and I was pretty drugged up on medication then, so an easy mistake to make on my part! I just hope I remember it properly now!

The Route Home

Came home via Southampton today just to make a bit more of a ride. A pretty fast ride back as the wind was getting gradually stronger as the day went on, which thankfully was generally behind me.

Hopefully I’ll be able to get away again soon, but probably not for a week or so looking at the weather forecast for the week ahead!

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