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We immediately met some other tourers when waiting for the ferry, including Marc, possibly the most unprepared and incompetent person for the 180k he was expecting to travel in the next 2 days.
He couldn't and wouldn't speak any french, and had a sat-nav which he couldn't work. Had a trailer full of tinned tuna and toilet roll, and a tent which he couldn't put up because the instructions didn't state that you had to bend the poles!
We came searching for sun, but spent the first week in moderate rain so we decided to get the train
from La Rochelle to just outside Bordeaux and crash with Duncan just outside Cadillac for a couple of nights, needless to say we found the sun!
La Poncet TT is awesome, and ends in a hill climb. Possibly not one to rival the North drinks one though.
We've done about 350k so far, and are gonna head down a canal through mainland france to Soet, cutting out the south west corner of france to allow us more time in the sun down south and in Italy.
A few photos of the trip so far.
Yes I have moustache.
100_3425.flv video by ggthe3 - Photobucket