Silent in Foggy France: Bayeux – Benouville – Houlgate (30 – 31 August 2015)
Elizabeth Sunday 30 August 9:10 am – Relais ‘La Roseraie’, Bayeux (Day 98 of my midlife gapyear) I wonder when I will converse again. Will my voice go rusty, my tongue…
Beautiful Bayeux: A pink room, loneliness, and a tapestry (28 – 29 August 2015)
Friday 28 August 2015 (Day 96 of my midlife gap year) 8:20 pm A Restaurant in Bayeux It’s nice to be in a city again. Bayeux is compact, beautiful, and…
Pedaling with Ghosts in the Normandy Rain: Isigny-sur-Mer to Bayeux
Thursday 27 August 2015 (Day 95 of my midlife gap-year) 9:15 am, Camping Le Fanal, Isigny-sur-Mer, France: Rain Rain Go Away I slept until 9 and it’s raining again. At…
To Ride is to Live: Jonville to Isigny-sur-Mer (Normandy, France)
Tuesday 25 August 2015 (Day 93 of my midlife gap-year) 9:25 am, Camping Municipal de Jonville Today’s ride will bring me closer to the landing zones of D-Day – I’ll…
Back On My Bicycle in France – Riding from Cherbourg to Jonville
Bonjour (again) France Sunday 23 August (Day 91 of my midlife gap-year) 11:35 am , Cherbourg YHA: I woke to the ferry-wide announcement that we were soon arriving in Cherbourg.…
Leaving Ireland with Melancholy and Hope
17 – 22 August 2015 (Days 84 – 89 of my Midlife Gapyear) Monday 17 August 11:30 am – Flanders Cross And just like that, time is fleeting. The Kilkenny…
In Northern Ireland the Troubles Still Bubble Beneath the Peace
13 – 15 August 2015 (Days 81 – 83) Thursday 13 August 4pm, Connect Hostel, Derry Small cities, I should only visit small cities. It’s 4pm, I’ve done the lot…
Heading North to Stroke City: Wednesday 12 August 2015 (Day 80)
3:50 pm – Train to Derry Jim asked about my quest – if I had one, which I mostly don’t. That is what leaves me often asking: “What am I…
In Ireland They Offer Chips with Your Chinese Food: Tuesday 11 August 2015 (Day 79)
9:10 pm: A Chinese Restaurant, Kilkenny I may regret this but I’m so hungry. I’ve ordered sweet and sour chicken – it’s like battered and fried balls of chicken in…
Poetry, Light, Ice Cream and Friendship on a Beaut Irish Summer Day: Monday 10 August 2015 (Day 78)
11:20 am – The Gourmet Store Café, Kilkenny We are finally getting a run of sunny and warm days. Cornelia says this sort of day is exactly what one hopes…