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Sewell's in Europe 2019
« on: September 01, 2019, 11:17:16 am »
Melanie and I are off on our jollies on Thursday staying overnight in Ashford for a Friday morning train to France. Reims is our first stop.
I am not going to give our itinerary in advance, I will reveal our destinations when we arrive, so stay tuned  ;)
I will try to remember to take some photos, trying to avoid bins, although it's not always possible.  :o ;D
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2019, 11:40:20 am »
Seems like you picked theweather for it this time. Enjoy  8)
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2019, 01:15:43 pm »
Melanie picked the dates. It seems to be cooling off slightly in mainland Europe, so hopefully the weather will be enjoyable.
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2019, 03:00:35 pm »
If you travel further South that week, we may cross each other somewhere in the (French or Spanish) Pyrenees  8)
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2019, 04:02:37 pm »
Quote from: sudolea on September 01, 2019, 03:00:35 pm
If you travel further South that week, we may cross each other somewhere in the (French or Spanish) Pyrenees  8)
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2019, 05:28:05 pm »
We set off from home at about 10 this morning.
Bike fully loaded and ready for the off



We are safely in Ashford having a couple of beers before an early start tomorrow.
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2019, 03:50:59 pm »
We had a pleasant and sunny journey to Reims.

Us on the train


As you can see there were quite a few bikes on the train.


An interesting lunch stop in St Quentin


Tonight we'll be in the Ernest Hemingway bar having a few glasses of Bofferding.
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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2019, 07:38:44 pm »
Our perch for the evening
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2019, 08:39:16 pm »
Yellow Panners? I mean, Yellow Panniers!
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« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2019, 09:08:45 pm »
But a lovely regular fit pink shirt to go with it!
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2019, 09:10:27 pm »
But oh yeah the trip!

Rae do you plan your route for these outings with the same approach you do to our trips?

I ask as I think happening across a nice train carriage for lunch seems to never happen to me :).
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2019, 06:58:34 am »
Quote from: Matt on September 06, 2019, 09:08:45 pm
But a lovely regular fit pink shirt to go with it!

But at least there's no builders bum.  :)

Looks a nice trip so far Rae. Have a good one with Mel and keep the photos coming.
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2019, 07:02:49 am »
The yellow panniers were on a 1950s Royal Enfield 350 single. Maybe he used to be an AA man, he was very nice  ;D
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2019, 03:51:37 pm »
Our home for the next couple of days is the Ibis Besançon
If you look really closely you will see the bike imprisoned in the car park.
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Re: Sewell's in Europe 2019
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2019, 04:40:51 pm »
We managed to stumble across the Kilarney Pub just around the corner from the hotel and Bitburger is our weapon of choice tonight.
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