St Seine L'Abbaye to Seurre - 60 miles
Tremendous progress today. Apart from a steep climb of 1.5 miles first thing in the morning the rest of the day was extremely pleasant and relatively flat. The weather was coolish in the first light of day but thereafter was warm. The new route given by Madam last night was a godsend missing out all the main roads and passing through the glorious Burgundian countryside. There were many monuments dotted around the villages to the victims of the Nazis in 1944.
They are now staying near Beaune and hope tomorrow to do two projected days in one as the going is so good,ending up in Bourg en Bresse. Sounds ambitious but do-able. It will afford them a two days rest before heading towards the Alps. I am glad to report an excellent lunch was taken today which made them sound very cheerful. Burgundy is the gastronomic province of France after all.
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Greetings to you both! Barbara and I have just returned from visiting those enormous trees in western US which we saw in the Geographic Magazine in the library at Beaumont. As a result, we missd the kick off at Tower Bridge...was it on news at ten? The news on American TV was all about how well they were doing in China. Nothing at all about your trip! Many years ago I was delivering a sister to a family in France (Mary-Jane) and their very small son was displaying his prowess on his tricycle on the lawn and the family were encouraging him with "fonce!" Fr. Lawson had not included that expression in his lessons but I always remember the word. To you both I say, "Fonce!" Just in case I am totally wrong and the word is either out of date or completely inappropriate I shall now go to my dictionary and report back if I have made a gaffe.
John
I have just seen that I am posting as my daughter Sarah. Wrong and I fear losing all if I try to change it! johnnewlingward@btopenworld.com
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