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Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts

Bonjour mes amies Madame et Monsier are off on another adventure - watch this space for the the updates about our C2C bike ride 2008! We plan to have lots of fun and take you on our adventures with us!
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Here we go
Here we go
Could do without the rain though!
Hello all Well the first ten miles under their belts Julian, George and Anne were raring to go after a good old english breakfast to set the energy levels nice and high. Orft they went in the rain planning to meet Dick and Timmy at Greystokes for lunch. Yes the Greystokes referred to in Tarzan literature!! Timmy and Dick stopped off in Keswick for a bit of quick retail therapy and to get bread and supplies for lunch. Guess who happened to bike past whilst they were sitting in the sun drinking coffee the three bikers it was amaxing how quickly [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 309 words | [diary=275007] | 2008-05-11 11:45:57

Sensible Julian
What have we got here then
Anne topping up

Safety first George!
Safety first George!
MAke sure that is lashed down properly my boy
Timmy the Sherpa woke at 5am and lay in bed watching the beautiful sunrise. At 5.15am Timmy decided it was time to get up and begin the preparations for the Five to set off for Workington to begin their trip. Cheese was grated specially for George and other goodies packed away in the cool box to ensure everyone was fed and adequately watered along the way. Julian and George fitted the bike to the car rack and we set off at 9am to collect Anne and Dick. At Anne’s Julian spent much time fixing the bikes safely to the rack and [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 888 words | [diary=274368] | 2008-05-09 07:34:36

George tucking into Jam butties
Unloading at Workington
Another great shopping find

Julian checks George's bike
Julian checks George's bike
Be prepared is what I always say old chap!
The Famous Five are four decidedly upper-class middle aged adventurers with a mongrel Sherpa who go to Philosophy together and take part other similar antics in the city of Cambridge. They want nothing more than to have a great time strolling and biking around the countryside having picnics, discussing the meaning of life, and generally having jolly good fun. Unlike the Secret Seven and the Five Find-Outers, the Famous Five get about a bit—usually to places like The Kingston Pub, Grantchester, Punting, the countryside and the like. The most remarkable thing about them is possibly that they're allowed to go all [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 5 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 1601 words | [diary=273348] | 2008-05-06 18:04:39

Julian and George
Julian
Dick

Hi everyone, Just to let you all know that the C2C bikeride will be taking place this year. Ian, Anne and Stuart will be riding Coast to Coast from Whitehaven to Newcastle starting on Thursday 8 May 2008. We will send you daily updates of progress. They will be fully supported and assisted by Sherpa Carrie and her trusty assistant Sherpa Alison!! Watch this space to see the fun we are going to have. Love from Team C2C [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 78 words | [diary=272459] | 2008-05-03 15:08:39


Out and about in the rain Bonjour mes amies et families. Well, we continue to enjoy ourselves despite seeing the most rain in the past five days that we have seen in the past 10 years when visiting France! It has been hard to believe at times that we are in Brittany and not somewhere where they have monsoon. This very lovely area of Brittany is called Cornouaille, and it is representative of our own lovely Cornwall, the difference being the lack of crowds and free parking wherever you go. The French do not seem to want to rip you [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 19 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 1790 words | [diary=170984] | 2007-06-19 00:00:00

Le produce manifique
Anam Cara
Les chiens

Bonjour Bloggers, Well it is hard to believe that we have been away from home for a week now, how time flies when you are having fun. The weather has not been so clement on this trip and yesterday and today we have had a lot of rain. However, it is beautiful to see the storms gathering and rolling across the horizon. I have attached some photos to this blog for your perusal. We are having our usual good time on the farm. Our hosts, as always, making us feel so welcome and at home. The dogs have again adopted [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 16 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 807 words | [diary=169518] | 2007-06-15 00:00:00

Madam le Thé
Monsieur Fromage
Quimperle

The holiday begins We set off at 7am to catch the ferry from Dover to Boulogne. We now travel with Speedferries. It takes 50 mins to cross and is really cheap. A great service. If you buy the Supervouchers you can travel at any time and it costs £62 return well worth it. We arrived in Boulogne at about 1pm French time stopped for bread and were then on our way. The roads in France are superb forget M25 snarl ups they don’t seem to exist here. Apart from our regular picnic breaks at the Aires which are about every [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 1085 words | [diary=168324] | 2007-06-12 00:00:00

Hotel
Le Mont
More steps

Exploring
Exploring
The dogs take Ian for a walk...
Untitled Bonjour Friends & Family, Monsieur et Madame welcome you to our blog of our trip to Brittany, France June 2007. We have spent many a happy hour boring you all with our tales and photos of the beautiful Kersalic where we stay when we visit this lovely part of France (although every part of France is fabulous in our opinion); so this time we thought we would go one better and take you along with us. You can listen to our tales as they unfold and look at our photos and videos in small bites, rather than being forced [View Full Entry]

Monsieur et Madame Francophile - Carrie Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 4 Comment(s) | 5 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 185 words | [diary=164886] | 2007-06-02 00:00:00

Kersalic
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
Pretty fishing village