gorges of the ardeche, oradour sur glane, millau bridge.........

[kevinhancock750]

well eventually got away on the bike but to a very bad start....
followed a small forestry path and forgot about the panniers hit a branch on the floor and knocked one out of shape...............
but worse than that is that the path came to a dead end and when riding back down strangely the gps jumped out of the holder and fell face down breaking the screen(not actually the screen cause its working but the clear plastic bit at front). gutted...

anyhows one left aups and took a stroll up to the lake for my dinner and a little play with ones new camera. i'll try not to break it.


after a quick lunch of salad and fruit i tried a swim in the lake but the water is still too cold. only risked it to my knees...
from here is where i decided to follow the forestry track when things went wrong!
so after arriving back on the black stuff i headed over towards manosque where i picked some apricots from the local farm stall for the journey, method in my madness being everytime i stop to take a picture i can have an apricot..
at the back of sisteron just north of manosque is another col de something so off i went.....


although this sign was a godsend.....the road was terrible! rough as hell and they've just poured down some black stuff and poured the chippings on top so making a very slow ride on the corners
and was it all worth it for this...........

[kevinhancock750]

shoul'nt they be warning the sheep??
the boy is welsh dont you know....


banging on now from here i headed for montelimar for tonights stay and i caught these few on the way....


well thats it for today folks.
come back tomorrow for live in the saddle with kevin.....

tomorrow morning i'll be heading up through the ardeche and then on towards oradour sur glane...we'll see how far i get. thanks for reading and it's goodnight from me.

after i've eaten my apricots... if i start to slur it's the wine not me

[Kjell Lindberg]

Excellent!


Looks fantastic! /Kjell

[alanvendy]

Definately calendar material.

[kevinhancock750]

sorry guys, last nights hotel did'nt have the wifi working. shame they did'nt mention it before i put "ma cheri" in the garage and opened the wine!
catch up later with the ardeche from yesterday, oradour and the ride to millau today.......

[Paul-S]

Great stuff Kevin

[steveR]

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Those French, they'll grow and eat anything.....

[hotbulb]

shoul'nt they be warning the sheep??
the boy is welsh dont you know....

We look after the sheep... so do the French - they milk them for cheese-making! But you're making me jealous with the talk of apricots and wine ... and the beautiful scenery.

[kevinhancock750]

so here we are again with a lot of reporting in front of me and lots of lovely piccies
kicked off yesterday morning from montelimar and no i did'nt make a wrong turn to holland......


you just gotta love them french roundabouts....i do
anyhows after a quick stop of essential fluids caffeine/petrol off we went in search of all things beautiful...........in the ardeche

and here we are at the gorges..............



the problem with these places is stopping/get off bike/camera from bag etc.....



and just when you think its ok......around the next corner......goats!
oh nice goats milk coffee mmmmmmm


thought it tasted funny, did'nt realise till after it was a billy goat!
i thought it strange that the goat asked for a cigarette after i'd finished...

and on i went.......

oops and whats this......a market....

[kevinhancock750]

now kevin likes afrench market but i did'nt get very far because the guy selling the garlic wants to talk bikes...then a belgian lad turns up on a xt600 and we're talking. about 10 mins later about 6 coaches arrive!

not being bothered now to walk the market as it's bouncing with people, i grabbed some fruit..........
now guess whats in the tank bag........


bloody germans....have you seen what they done to gradpa's bike!


and on i went just cruising............


time for a quick refreshment stop.............

now the next village i think was called le puy en valey and looked like it had some great things to offer it's visitor's but time was'nt on my side sadly.