If you turn up at a French railway station and your train is listed as 'supprime' it doesn't mean that you will be getting an upgrade to 'supreme', as was my initial thought. No, rather, it means that the bloody thing is cancelled. 'We can always cycle there . . . ' I said to S . . . '*@/:&£?! <comment deleted>' was her reply. Luckily, I had planned for just such an eventuality and had arranged to catch an unnecessarily early train to allow for unforeseen delays. So, panic over and we embarked for Landerau where would have to change for Quimper - a single carriage affair in which everyone had a suitcase because they were off to the festival, so you can imagine that two fully laden bikes were welcome in the equivalent of the Taunton hopper during Glastonbury. No matter, the threat of oily chainring on shin was yet again the modern equivalent of the leper bell on public transport. In the event we got off at Chateulin and biked the rest of the way to Quimper only to find the contra flow system contra flowing in a contrary manner due to the gendarmerie directing traffic away from the festival, and more specifically directing us up a 15 % hill . . . and then down the other side to the hotel for a zero sum gain. Early up tomorrow for the train to Bordeaux - let's hope they aren't having a festival.
Bon soir
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Glad you are having fun, disapointed that i am yet to see a closeup picture of a very debilitated weary mum.
ReplyDeleteFear not, we are going on a big ride tomorrow so there will be opportunity
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