that looks fantastic fun! i can almost taste the french bread and cheese!!!

i have moved into my new palatial abode and unfortunatly i dont have internet at the moment. should sort it out soon so i can upload some photos.

i plan on climbing mount Fuji in a few weeks. not sure im entirely prepeared or fit but it should be fun. ill keep you posted

Tuesday was easy; Wednesday a bit of a struggle; Thursday, 100 miles slipped by almost unnoticed; Friday a doddle (330 wheel turns on 1.1 ratio for the final hill).

Total: 360 km.

High point: arriving at Guissan Plage late on Wednesday for a swim in waters that were indistinguishable from Bracklesham Bay.

Low point: my pannier rack snapping.

First and last coffee break

Setting off

Away we go

Sweating freely

Tents

Main thoroughfare

Milk and chocolate break

Coke and cake break

Coke break (encore)

Bliss

Lunch

Supper

Rack repair

On the road

Dusk

Did some more watering today. everything looking pretty green and lush. Even the lawn has grown quite a bit since Tom and I played crud last week. 

Not many courgettes today – normally I find a couple of marrows have grown in my absence! Still, there were lots of small ones that will probably be ready in a few days. 

The beans (next to the chickens) are doing well and I picked some of the biggest which look tasty.

Eaten most of the mange toutes, but these purple ones are doing well

Overgrown greenhouse

Tomatoes are starting to ripen

Looking like a good load of sweatcorn

today’s harvest

You missed the one without the spray paint!

My word! What is going on? Does Climping beach ‘gold thong man’ know that he is responsible for starting the latest spray-on pool wear craze…. what will the neighbours say?!