Hotel Du Portugal Vichy
121 Boulevard Des Etats-Unis Vichy, Auvergne, France
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Bully, Beaujolais and Big Bellies
... the latter, are long and loud communal affairs. Rarely less than four courses of hearty and delicious food are prepared for both meals by Collette Carret, mother of the family vineyard’s head honcho, Vincent. Boisterous conversation between fifteen or so hungry WWOOF volunteers, family members and friends is fuelled by a seemingly never-ending supply of wine from Domaine Carret’s cellar. Wine, here, seems to flow freer than water, to the extent that ...
High on a hill stood a campsite......
Saturday 11th June 2011
Off today, packed Sonia up – am sure we are getting better, but we always seem to be the entertainment for other campers! Himself wants to go to the village that was Clochemerle! For those under 105 and me included this was a BBC series back in the 70's and very popular. A lot of it revolves around a small parochial village and the addition of a pissoir by the mayor! An amount of driving through small ...
Nice lazy day
... too far to cover in a single day on a touring bike carrying all that weight ... the bags, not me!
So I have a dilemma, which I need to resolve by the morning as my hotels are booked and paid for the remainder of the trip. To help me think it through I shall now find a restaurant and then sleep on the problem.
Distance so far: 1010 km (averaging 126 km per day of cycling - that's 30 km a day more than I averaged on my trip to Portugal in 2009 ... ...
Mountains on the Horizon
... the cafe to empty as everyone rushed out to take a look. The young waitress comments that she's never been on a motorbike and next thing she's fitted with a helmet and whisked off for a quick spin. Hmmph, she didn't ask for a spin on my camel!
Someone's conspiring against me: I'd taken two short cuts through town centres but as I rejoined the main road the signs said I had a couple of additional kms further to go. Don't you hate it when ...
Getting further North now
... Clermont-Ferrand, and only came off it to go through Millau (we'd "done" the viaduct on a previous trip, now wanted to see the town). Arrived at Camping Municipal at Ceyrat, at 18.30 - had to phone for entry as the office shut at 6! 2396 miles, so 209 ...


