We've had a belter of a day, after a slightly lacklustre Sunday evening in Le Mans which was definitely ferme rather than ouvre on our evening out. The true spirit of Le Mans is of course at the circuit which hosts the 24 heures du Mans which is where we migrated to first up, a good thing too as we got to ride full pelt down the Mulsanne Straight, a three mile long public road which forms part of the circuit, before parking inside the track for breakfast and a good look round while a test day for superbikes was going on. Glorious sunshine, a burger baguette and a can of lager whilst taking in one of the most famous race tracks on planet earth at 11am on a Monday morning... can you think of anything better to be doing? Oh bugger, Andy stop snoring... i'm trying to be creative here! (if you don't appreciate what i'm going through just click here... zzzzzz...)
The ride to La Rochelle was just fab... 180 miles, only 6 U-turns, a vin rouge lunch in a tiny sun-baked market square half way before an afternoon of pure indulgence through some beautiful, if slightly flat French countryside. As is becoming the custom, we stopped for liquid refreshment at a dusty truck stop where a 5 euro beer compared favourably with the Parisien 11 bucks a pint and as you can see we found that the R1200GS is cosmetically improved by the adornment of two 'pannier pints'. My fave bit of the trip so far followed as we netted the leathers to the back of the bikes and took in the last 50 miles at a steady 90 in t-shirt order.
The word is that we become 5 tomorrow... maybe :) Barring a tsunami in the English Channel, an outbreak of those notorious flying pigs south of Rouen or an urgent phone call from the Balinese Goddess of Plenty, Pete will be with us late morning. About bloody time... pardon mon Francais.
Christopher, you have my full sympathy. 17 years of it. xxx
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glad the liberation and education of our French cousins is going to plan.
Has Chris given up on the blog due to lack of interest?
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