From Paris to Crete by bicycle, a month on Crete, then hopping up to spend a week in Lesbos before making way back through Athens and the Peloponese to Italy, France and London

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I'd always wanted to do a "long" cycle ride, and also had really wanted to cycle to Greece, so combined the two. Diary dates meant I had to chop out a few bits, and so I left out the boring north of France nd Italian plains.

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  London to Paris   Paris, France on Jul 17, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day 1 - London to Tonnerre   Tonnerre, France on Jul 17, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Tonnerre to Montbard   Montbard, France on Jul 18, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Montbard to Dijon   Dijon, France on Jul 19, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ill in Dijon   Dijon, France on Jul 20, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Down to Lac Geneva from the Alps   Montreux, Switzerland on Jul 21, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Dijon to Alps   Malbuisson, France on Jul 21, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Lausanne   Orbe, France on Jul 21, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  UP the Rhone Valley   Sion, Switzerland on Jul 22, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sion to Brig   Brig, Switzerland on Jul 23, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Into Italy   Stresa, Italy on Jul 24, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  By train from Stresa to Rimini   Rimini, Italy on Jul 25, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Birthday in Rimini AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!   Rimini, Italy on Jul 26, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  By Ferry to Greece   Ancona, Italy on Jul 27, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Greece at last.......   Patra, Greece on Jul 28, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Open, fast roads   Pirgos, Greece on Jul 29, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Speed, then disaster   Gailova, Greece on Jul 30, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Enforced rest-day   Gailova, Greece on Jul 31, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Kalamata   Kalamata, Greece on Aug 1, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Dayin Githeo   Githeo, Greece on Aug 1, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Kalamata to Githeo   Githeo, Greece on Aug 3, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  To Kissamos   Kissamos, Greece on Aug 3, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Kissamos to Paleochora   Paleochora, Greece on Aug 3, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Days in Pal   Paleochora, Greece on Aug 10, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Timothy joined us   Paleochora, Greece on Aug 20, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Atop the Croc   Crocodile, Greece on Aug 28, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Night in Heraklion   Heraklion, Greece on Aug 31, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Lindos   Lindos, Greece on Sep 1, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Night in Rhodes   Rhodes, Greece on Sep 3, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Astipalea   Astipalea, Greece on Sep 6, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Just chilled for a few days   Astipalea, Greece on Sep 7, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  To Amorgos   Amorgos, Greece on Sep 8, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Paros   Naousa, Paros, Greece on Sep 13, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  A Day in Samos   Samos, Greece on Sep 14, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Chios   Chios, Greece on Sep 15, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Lesbos /Mytilini   Mitilini, Greece on Sep 18, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  With Priscilla   Plomari, Greece on Sep 19, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To the North of Lesbos   Molybos, Greece on Sep 22, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Western Lesbos   Eresos, Greece on Sep 23, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Return to Mitilini   Mytilini, Greece on Sep 24, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ferry to Athens   Athens, Greece on Sep 25, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Sparta   Sparta, Greece on Sep 27, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Nafplio   Nafplio, Greece on Sep 28, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Corinth by bus   Corinth, Greece on Sep 29, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Corinth to Patras by train   Patras, Greece on Sep 29, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ferry to Ancona   Ancona, Italy on Sep 30, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Train to Venice   Venice, Italy on Sep 30, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Padua   Padua, Italy on Oct 3, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Verona with the two men   Verona, Italy on Oct 6, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Milan   Milan, Italy on Oct 9, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Burgundy   Marcilly, France on Oct 11, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to London   London, France on Oct 13, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments