A few days away in France on a GSXR seemed like an eminently sensible way of spending my 60th birthday. A chat with Vero earlier in the year had me booked in the diary and another trip was only a ferry ride away. Booking early and daytime crossings secured a cheap ticket.
I broke the journey up to Portsmouth by staying at Jacks, although typically he was off on his travels, no worries, Clare always provides a welcome, food, beer and conversation or two.
Off the ferry early evening and it’s the autoroute to Alencon that provides the best route, like a track day with trucks and toll booths.
I’ve arrived in the middle of a heat wave, the previous weeks temperatures have cooled from low 40s to mid 30s, daytime temperatures are baking hot, to be fair it doesn’t really cool down much.
A day visit to the ancient city of Fourgeres and it’s @1000 year old castle.
Kayaking on the Sarthe, a bit different to what I’m used to, but a cooler way of spending a couple of hours, followed by a meal and light show in downtown Le Mans.
Feel proud to have set off the speed alert on the way back from the shops.
We head down to Stephanes place for a night and and explore, stopping off at a cafe to hydrate. Stephane cooks great food and guides me through the area, seeing the sights locally and riding the best roads, just short of meltio conditions.
I adjourn to Nicks for the last couple of days, we have plans to ride motorbikes but the ZX10 decides not to play ball, we entertain ourselves none the less.
Many thanks to Vero, Zoe, Stephane and Nick for hosting and entertaining.