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The Fridays tour - Normandy 15th-22nd June
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mmmmartin
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Forgot to mention the fact that the long lived tradition of the Fridays cake continues in fine form with superb huge cakey thing from srw and rw onna tandem. Also that there is no little trepidation among the ranks of being beasted out of bed at dark o'clock to ensure we will be fully exposed to the full effects of the forecast ghastliness of weather just as the lack of breakfast kicks in. Looking forward to it immensely. .....
deptfordmarmoset
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DZ's been drinking!
Only slightly. The cider is 4.5 per cent and I've had less than a pint. I have had the most delicious pastries for breakfast, oysters and fish soup for lunch (others described the fish and chips as the best they'd ever tasted) and a chicken casserole masterminded by TeeCee for supper.DZ's been drinking!
mmmmartin
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Another absolutely stonking day.
Thanks to the Weather God that overlooks and protects all outings by The Fridays there was no need to don waterproofs at all. A tailwind blew us to the coast and we turned left, across the traffic, with no real problem apart from a nice lady in a campervan needing to be told to stop, and whizzed southwards. An excellent coffee stop saw lots of hot blooded chaps queuing in the boulangerie in the hope that all such places are staffed by beauties such as we see in the Brix version. Alas we just had to buy cakes and walk away disappointed, albeit only slightly. A quick 12k saw us in Briquebec for lunch, where someone riding a Brompton was seen at a trailer that was selling chips. Someone else cast a covetous eye on a kebab house and some of us made sure Gordon was supervised as he took his ladylove out for her birthday lunch. As he had already celebrated her birthday with a Calvados at the coffee stop we worried he might become slightly overcelebratory and we're not here for that malarky. At lunch I learned that an unnamed Friday peep not only knows all about Lenin's Linoleum but has also spoken to John Lennon and Mick Jagger. However I managed to recover a small bit of self-confidence by working out a route back to the château that avoids a bit of the Brix hill. I shall name this the Enigmatic Variation because while it removes some climbing it also removes a chance to stop in the bar in Brix. And I am ashamed and shocked - SHOCKED - I tell you to reveal that the entire membership of this trip seems to have stopped there and is probably drinking Calvados as we speak. If Greg was here this would not have happened I can tell you. However it is not all bad news as it allowed me to raid the secret store of cider without anyone knowing. An ver' niysch it ish, too.
Tomorrow we go to the east coast and in the evening eat at the local restaurant which is opening specially for us. And riding up the hill to home in the dark after refreshments have taken will be fun. A bit like the Brighton ride only without the traffic, the fights in Tooting, the bad road surfaces and the abusive drunks. On second thoughts, there might be some of those.
Thanks to the Weather God that overlooks and protects all outings by The Fridays there was no need to don waterproofs at all. A tailwind blew us to the coast and we turned left, across the traffic, with no real problem apart from a nice lady in a campervan needing to be told to stop, and whizzed southwards. An excellent coffee stop saw lots of hot blooded chaps queuing in the boulangerie in the hope that all such places are staffed by beauties such as we see in the Brix version. Alas we just had to buy cakes and walk away disappointed, albeit only slightly. A quick 12k saw us in Briquebec for lunch, where someone riding a Brompton was seen at a trailer that was selling chips. Someone else cast a covetous eye on a kebab house and some of us made sure Gordon was supervised as he took his ladylove out for her birthday lunch. As he had already celebrated her birthday with a Calvados at the coffee stop we worried he might become slightly overcelebratory and we're not here for that malarky. At lunch I learned that an unnamed Friday peep not only knows all about Lenin's Linoleum but has also spoken to John Lennon and Mick Jagger. However I managed to recover a small bit of self-confidence by working out a route back to the château that avoids a bit of the Brix hill. I shall name this the Enigmatic Variation because while it removes some climbing it also removes a chance to stop in the bar in Brix. And I am ashamed and shocked - SHOCKED - I tell you to reveal that the entire membership of this trip seems to have stopped there and is probably drinking Calvados as we speak. If Greg was here this would not have happened I can tell you. However it is not all bad news as it allowed me to raid the secret store of cider without anyone knowing. An ver' niysch it ish, too.
Tomorrow we go to the east coast and in the evening eat at the local restaurant which is opening specially for us. And riding up the hill to home in the dark after refreshments have taken will be fun. A bit like the Brighton ride only without the traffic, the fights in Tooting, the bad road surfaces and the abusive drunks. On second thoughts, there might be some of those.
Snail Bait
Senior Member
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
If mmmmmmmmmmartin's detour is the detour I'm thinking of it avoids only the last 5% of the climb into Brix and involves a short section of unsurfaced cycle path. On the other hand, the hill into Brix going the other way can be avoided entirely by taking the St-Joseph variation - down the hill to Ruffoses, turn right and wander along underneath the ridge over the dual carriageway.
ianmac62
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Mmmmartin, Reading your daily essays (today's was a novella rather than an essay) aloud to the grand gîtists causes much hilarity. Merci beaucoup!
ianmac62
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I think that Madame La Boulangère would win - flour or no flour!2506914 said:
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