We are booked on the 22:45 overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Ouistreham which is the port that serves Caen in Normandy. It is an awful evening and the rain is lashing down. Luckily we saw the weather forecast and packed the car and loaded the bikes on the carrier in between the showers or should I say storms!
We ate an early supper as the LLW was determined to go straight to bed as soon as we boarded the ferry and found our cabin. Leaving at 20:15 gave us plenty of time to refuel the car on the way and arrive at Portsmouth on time.
It really was an awful evening and as we waited to board the ferry we watched several others who were off for a cycling holiday board the ferry looking wet and bedraggled! Or admiration went out to these intrepid travellers who were not only cycling in France but had cycled to Portsmouth in the most atrocious weather.
This is our first specific cycling holiday overseas and after much debate we agreed to go for three different centres, Bracieux, Fontevraud L'Abbe and Le Bois Plage and cycle circular routes at each place. The first two destinations are in the Loire valley and the third on the Il de Re. These were carefully chosen because a) the LLW does not like hills and b) circular routes meant if it really was an awful day we had the option of not cycling. The key was to avoid days when you had to get from A to B whatever the weather.
The ferry was boarded fairly swiftly and the LLW was soon enjoying her beauty sleep.
We ate an early supper as the LLW was determined to go straight to bed as soon as we boarded the ferry and found our cabin. Leaving at 20:15 gave us plenty of time to refuel the car on the way and arrive at Portsmouth on time.
It really was an awful evening and as we waited to board the ferry we watched several others who were off for a cycling holiday board the ferry looking wet and bedraggled! Or admiration went out to these intrepid travellers who were not only cycling in France but had cycled to Portsmouth in the most atrocious weather.
This is our first specific cycling holiday overseas and after much debate we agreed to go for three different centres, Bracieux, Fontevraud L'Abbe and Le Bois Plage and cycle circular routes at each place. The first two destinations are in the Loire valley and the third on the Il de Re. These were carefully chosen because a) the LLW does not like hills and b) circular routes meant if it really was an awful day we had the option of not cycling. The key was to avoid days when you had to get from A to B whatever the weather.
The ferry was boarded fairly swiftly and the LLW was soon enjoying her beauty sleep.
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