adventures

http://bit.ly/bJ2IbU here are 700 odd photos from the cycle. including a couple of knowles’ halfed bike. a lot of painting on walls and a lot of drink.

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we had muchos cervesa and muchos mojito last night; got back here at 5 am slept all day. i got a bottle of soberano, a bottle of jim beam and a botyle of ponche cabalero. tomorrow we get picked up at 1pm; i will spend my last 50 euro on cigarettes

continue reading day 14: siesta...

we cycled for about 40km, then jumped on a quick train for 4 stops from a random wee french place to the first stop inside espania. right into a thunder storm. we had to book into a hostel. there are 5 bars here. one place that sells pizza and 20 carryout shops. the drink and [...]

continue reading day 12: bompas to port bou...

day 11: cycled back over the mountain this morning; headwind all the way. about 15km. train from narbonne to perpignan cos we slept about all day. then 15km to find a campsite. all in all a poor day cycling. still, only 60km till spain and 20km after that to rosas. we should be able to [...]

continue reading day 11: narbonne to perpignan...

at the end of day 9 we met some frenchies who had moonshine. knowles got hammered. for day 10 we slept all day. and topped up our sun tans we saw a lizard and tried to catch it. we made turkey fillets with rice and mayo and veg and desperado and reggae reggae for dinner. [...]

continue reading day 10: sleeping in narbonne...

the clicky at montpellier station tried to bump us 20 euro. i got tickets from him and he didnt give me any change. so i said ‘i just gave you a 50′ you need to give me 20 euros change. he frenched at me. i repeated what i said, only louder and more scottish. i [...]

continue reading day 9: effing frenchies....

we cycled from the campsite back to montpellier, waited about all day for the temperature to drop, then left along the d116. which turned out to not exist. so we tried to get on to a road that would take us to the coast where we needed to be. motorway. we tried a couple of [...]

continue reading day 8: circles.....

we had to get the train back to marseilles then to montpellier today. it was roasting again. we found a minted campsite next to a beach. its getting more and more like spain as we go south and less and less like italy. im sitting in a cafe with a bottle of leffe that cost [...]

continue reading day7: la corrone to montpellier...

by the time we got packed and ready it was half eleven; so we decided to get the train to marseilles. then we got a wee train to la correne or something like that, and got to a campsite at 6:45. the guy said it was full, but when we told him we only needed [...]

continue reading day 6 st raphael to la courriane...

today was brutal. it was far too hot. knowles has a sore neck; probably from sleeping in his sauna on the bed of rocks last night, but maybe whiplash. great. i almost ran over a snake. we also got offered a flat to rent by some mad french woman. we were going to go to [...]

continue reading day 5: cannes to st raphael...