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Follow the penguin

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Penguins aren’t something you expect to find in Normandy. But there it was. On the road. And then another, and another… On a 25km ride around the local lanes, we encountered maybe five or six of these little beasts. Why? Hard to say. My guess is that it might have something to do with a cycle race. It’s summer, which… Read more »

In the wake of Le Tour

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It seems that the Tour de France is coming our way again next year. No doubt we’ll make the same effort to avoid it as we did this year. But if you do fancy getting a taste of the countryside through which the members of the peloton will be flogging themselves stupid, there’s a gentler, more enjoyable way of doing… Read more »