Last month, Dan Packman wrote a
short article about a bike trip he was taking to France. Here is his follow-up
article.
OK, so it was only 2 weeks, although no one on the Dick Hunt-led bike trip was
complaining. Dick's comment about it being the trip of a lifetime may not have
been entirely true, but it was certainly a great experience and one that
will be long-remembered.
Dick had all the hotels, routes and logistics dialed in for us. All we had
to do was ride 4-6 hours each day and enlist the 2 French-speaking gals
in our group of 12 to decipher the dinner menu. Actually I did get to use and
improve upon my limited French. Friendly people, awesome views, great food,
excellent roads, decent weather. They say it is always sunny there because it
is always windy. No escargot for dinner – mostly rabbit, duck, fish, cheese
and wine. Really a near-perfect trip.
Castellane
There was one fall among our group at the end of a long day, that fortunately
only resulted in a shiner and some road rash.
Oh yes, I did run into a dog (un chein Francias idiot – a stupid French dog)
but luckily had slowed to about 20kph and escaped with only a scraped knee/derailuer. Actually
it was 2 dogs, and they took off rather than attack me while I was getting up.
