I'm really not sure where the time has gone this week. Apart from the fact it takes me twice as long to do with one hand what I would normally do with two, I seem to have slept a lot since returning from France week ago. I'm now fully back in the UK's national health service including the inevitable wait for appointments. The clips (metal "staples", rather than stitches) were taken out of my elbow today. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it might be, with only the clip right on … [Read More...]

Nice
Thanks to an EastJet flight from Bordeaux, I arrived in Nice on Friday afternoon and faced a few hours by myself. The hotel wasn't in such a great part of the city, being close to the airport so I … [Read More...]

It’s harder to fail
I have booked a flight from Bordeaux to Nice for Friday so I will be there when the others finish their journey. The other girls are excited that I've made that decision, but I do have very mixed … [Read More...]
Perigueux
So far, my experience of hospital in Perigueux is not as positive as that of Grenoble. The care itself is really fine but information is very … [Read More...]
Day 6 update
It seems that cycling in France is doomed for me. I have managed to break my elbow this time, so my trip to Nice is aborted in the … [Read More...]