nbjtours

This amazingly is the twelfth NBJTours trip since the first Hadlow Tower to the Eiffel Tower ride in 2007 and the sixth since we have had the luxury of the support of Nigel and Monica in the camper.

Chris and I have been on every ride and Nick only missed a couple of early outings when Brian & Mike were regulars. This year we are once again joined by Dom Boulle who last rode with us from Tonbridge to Le Puy on the Twinning Tour in 2019. He has promised this year not to fall off his bike.

As mentioned previously we are cycling the Santiago de Compostella pilgrimage route to Le Puy in reverse which is just over 1000 very hilly miles. On arriving after 13 days hard cycling Dom is donning his trail shoes and will be running the 75k trail race. Is he human or bionic.

I am writing this as usual in my bunk in the camper on my iPhone but for the first time have had to admit defeat as wearing glasses to see what I type!

The trips down here were pleasingly without incident apart from seeing this van ablaze. The poor driver had his head in his hands just behind.

Having loaded the camper up in Hadlow on Thursday morning we took the ferry that evening and with two comfortable overnight stops arrived at the campsite in plenty of time to set up the tents before going to the airport to pick up Chris Nick & Dom.

Having feasted this evening with chicken and an early entry of Monica’s famous apple and beetroot salad we all feel set fair for the first days cycling from Cape Finisterre tomorrow.

The weather is looking sunny and warm but there may be a nagging headwind at play. Bring on the adventure.