Marseille, meeting friends and the French Riviera
Having booked into the hotel, I thought I might go out outside to explore the surrounding neighbourhoods and see what the city was...
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Jamie Shannon
- Jul 19, 2015
- 10 min
Southern France and Marseille. Equipment breakdowns and sleepless nights
After passing through the small border town, I spent the next half an hour, and to my utter surprise and relief, gliding downhill all the...
Jamie Shannon
- Jul 14, 2015
- 7 min
Arriving back in France. Five km\h is a good speed
Although I really enjoyed my time in Barcelona, I felt the same way I always feel when in a large city. I felt frustration; with having...
Jamie Shannon
- May 26, 2015
- 9 min
Entering Spain. Religious communes and Basque Country
They invited me to their 'gathering’ in the morning in which they all got together in the hall, sang songs and praised the lord together.
Jamie Shannon
- May 22, 2015
- 9 min
Cycling The Atlantic coast to Bordeaux
With some much needed rest in Nantes and having now seen a giant mechanical walking elephant, I set off two days later, and made my way...
Jamie Shannon
- May 15, 2015
- 9 min
Cycling the Loire. Paris to Nantes. How many Pain au chocolat can you eat in one morning?
What with the difficulty and sheer frustration in reaching Paris a few days ago, I was determined not to make the same mistakes on my...
Jamie Shannon
- May 9, 2015
- 2 min
Parlez vous Anglais? A few days in Paris
It felt good to be in a city again, a little crowded and hurried perhaps and completely different from the countryside, but that’s what...
Jamie Shannon
- Oct 4, 2014
- 2 min
Dunkirk and its extremely large port
I thought that, this being the countryside, I would find ample opportunities to camp but this proved simply not to be the case. At the...