Tour de France 2014 - riemiramont

Another day of the tour down , have now seen 95 stages. Started today with a run at Chalonst for 1 whole hour today, thats an improvement. Shopping at Carrefour, then heading south for about 200k. BB still not well with a chest infection and as it is still raining, have checked into another Ibis to give him time to recover. Walked from the motel to the tour route, only 5min walk and just as we got there is started pouring rain. Lucky we didn't have to wait long for the caravan to come thru and the bridge we were standing under offered little protection from the rain and we had no wet whether gear, we were drenched. A lovely Portuguese lady shared her umbrella with me. It would be the wettest caravan we have ever watched, they speed thru town throwing minimal. I didn't get the camera out, bb was talking videos and I thought he would do such a good job, leave it to him. Went back to Ibis to watch tour on TV , then I ran down to watch the riders come through and bb recorded the TV, not real clear but made it on TV. Walked up to the centre Ville in hope of finding a laundry but unfortunately it closed up, so back to the Ibis for lots of hand washing, just need to get it dry now. Lunch and dinner today consisted of baguette cheese tomato and cucumber, and tinned veggies and baguette for dinner. Both again with lots of mustard. BB doesn't appear to have improved thru the night, will need to be careful.

Tour de France 2014 - Chalons-en-Champagne

Started the day with a 45 minute run, legs still feel tired but it's definitely a start. Rain hasn't gone away yet , but not too cold so it bearable. BB and I walked 40 minutes down to Centre Ville Chalfont-en- Champagne to watch the caravan pass. Stopped and picked up some baguette to munch on along the way. Took lots of videos and still managed to collect goodies, Madeleine, haribo, lots of keyrings and more washing detergent. Walked back and picked up some shopping from our 10euro budget, which seems to be working at the moment. Plan was to head off but due to the rain decided to spend another night at the B&B hotel at Saint Memmie, reasonable price of 46euro a night. Had some lunch then I headed down the road to check out the girlie shops. Found a 4euro pair of black casual pants. Happy with that. Back to the motel and watched the last 40k of the Tour and saw at least 3 crashes, roads wet and slippery, it's going to happen. Dinner of Baguette, cheese and tomatoes sprinkle of pepper and lots of mustard along with a shared tin of peas and carrots and yes, added more mustard, I am totally addicted to the stuff. Not a great deal on TV again tonight, will just internet.

It has been wet for 3 days now, at Lille , Arenburg and today Reims. Forecast is looking good on about Saturday. Still , we have enjoyed Cheese, Baguettes , Tomatoes and Cornicons. Tins of Ratatoulle and corn. Tried some Marche lettuce ( the new in vogue one). Have eaten too much and exercise not enough. Still not running since the Gold Coast Half. Hopefully tomorrow will start. Found lots of Decathlons, haven't bought anything yet. Sunset is a 10.06pm, but still managed to go to sleep at 7.04 last night and wake at 6.30am the next day.

Thanks virgin, nice way to start a holiday

My special girl

Marathon de Paris

Run to the finish line, still smiling

Favourite photo so far of the Arc de Triomph, taken at 6am