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Apr 2019
8:30am, 25 Apr 2019
39,300 posts
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McGoohan
I really enjoyed French Revolutions and it completely put me off doing anything of the sort myself
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Apr 2019
8:35am, 25 Apr 2019
22,245 posts
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Wriggling Snake
I did the opposite, and had a rather good cycling holiday in France, nothing mad, 30-50 miles a day, the drinking a bottle of wine during a picnic halfway DOES NOT WORK.
I mean to do another trip like that. I remember my blog containing the wines I got through.
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Apr 2019
8:37am, 25 Apr 2019
36,147 posts
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Diogenes
I was thinking of Tim Cahill (the writer) and also somehow confusing him with Chris Stewart, the author of Driving Over Lemons. There are far too many books and writers, aren't there?
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Apr 2019
8:39am, 25 Apr 2019
39,301 posts
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McGoohan
Yes, what I mean is, it made me avoid the gruelling miles and hills (mountains). My brother-in-law did that pre-TdF thing people do where you can do some of the stages a few weeks before the pros. But then he is built like a brick thingie (and probably takes a lot of steroids!  )
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Apr 2019
8:40am, 25 Apr 2019
39,302 posts
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McGoohan
Writers must be stopped. Especially the ones who wrote Wizard Werzal's Tour of Redhill and Reigate
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Apr 2019
8:41am, 25 Apr 2019
22,246 posts
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Wriggling Snake
I just looked at Cahill, they're worth a browse.
Here we go, September 2010
Best Dinners
Souillac:- Mushroom Soup, Melon with red fruits, Duck Confit with Saffron Mash, Walnut Parfait.
Lacave:- Girolle Ravioli, Roast Cod and Sauce Verde, Crème Brule (with raspberries and Lemon Sorbet)
Loubressac:-Fois Gras, alcoholic Sorbet, Filet mignon, Goats Cheese, and then 3 puddings, chocolate pudding, strawberry mousse and fruit.
Wines
Red
Chateau la Coustarelle, Cahors
Clos la Chene, Cahors
Chateau Lamartine, Cahors
Chateau do Goudou, Cahors
Chateau de Tiregard, Pecharment
Chateau Cluzeau (Ha!), Bergerac
Clos de Fontadeurs, Lot
Chateau Laurelie, Buzet
White
Jean de Sauvignac, Bergerac
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Apr 2019
8:43am, 25 Apr 2019
39,303 posts
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McGoohan
*Stomach rumbles*
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Apr 2019
8:54am, 25 Apr 2019
36,149 posts
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Diogenes
I forgot Chatwin and Bryson and Thubron
And Dervla Murphy
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Apr 2019
9:06am, 25 Apr 2019
22,249 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Bryson I don't like, Thubron very good. Chatwin I found hard work but worth it in the end.
I really liked Hugh THomson too, The White Rock, Tequila Oil....
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Apr 2019
10:46am, 25 Apr 2019
112,074 posts
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GregP
I enjoyed French Revolutions. Also that Ireland with a fridge thing.
Nobody else read Anne Mustoe?
~goes off to Google Huge Thomson~
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