I woke around 7. That’s a good night’s sleep for me! I got up, brushed my teeth and packed my belongings, leaving them inside the tent....

I awoke at 5:30 and went for a wild no.2 in the woods. Crazy stuff. I packed my tent and set off, still low on water, for the nearest...

This has been the most tiring day so far, and it still isn’t over. I got up at 8 and cycled into and around town until I found an ATM and...

I got up around 8 and was packed by 10ish. I hurriedly filled my camelback which ended up soaking my bag and giving me a wet shirt and...

Awoken by someones incessant alarm. It genuinely took them about five minutes to turn it off. I grabbed some buffet breakfast feeling...

A chaotic day today, and it’s still not quite over. I woke at 8:30, and Thomas and I cycled down a very juddery path to the palace. When...

A rest day today. I woke around 9:30, just as Thomas got back from picking up his military passport. We breakfasted together – baguette...

[ Again, for the last time in a while, I had a host for tonight. Thomas, a French university friend who I'd last seen in March 2020...

[ Today I was aiming for Evreux, where a friend of a friend had agreed to host me for a night ] I somewhat slept on the ferry. Around...