We have been doing some last minute training. David has been eating extra Brie and I have been eating creamy Lancashire. Peter is a bit shocked because he doesn't think that Lancashire cheese counts for a French cycling tour!
Our starting point.
Peter and I travelled down to Portsmouth today and arrived mid afternoon. Big thanks to Janice for dropping us off.
David has travelled up from the Vendee and is staying overnight at Caen. We will meet up in the morning.
Peter and I cycled to the ferry after testing some local hop flavoured energy drinks. Despite the weather forecast it was quite sunny at Portsmouth. We found (by chance) a small museum in the house where Charles Dickens was born. We couldn't resist going in.
I can't say it was the best museum I have ever been in. I think he only spent the first couple of years here. There was nothing original in the house from when he was born but it gave us a moment of English Lit history before we embark on the ferry. Peter found out that Dickens' Tale of Two Cities is the best selling English Language novel of all time, with 200 million copies sold....wow!
We are thoroughly looking forward to starting the cycling tomorrow morning but it may be a little earlier than we would have liked. The clock goes forward and hour and we arrive in France at 06.45 hrs. It will be a short night.
The cheesy joke of the day.
What did Shakespeare ask his Cheesemonger? To Brie or not to Brie!
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