MooN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I thought I'd do something useful yesterday ( yes, me! Useful! ) adn reckons I could tie it in with some riding. Since mother in Law was hospitalised at short notice a couple of weeks ago there were some loose ends needing tying up at her place, car to put in the garage, house to shut up properly and not least her Tax declaration to figure out and send in ( it seems that the French tax office does not recognise " being rushed to hospital with terminal illness" as a valid reason for late submission of declaration and will incurr a 10% penalty... wankers!) I also needed to make sure her home help was paid and that all declared for last month too. So, off at 09h00 ish and had planned a back road route that i'd never done before taking me via Pouilly en Auxois, Beaune, Verdun sur le Doubs to Louhans. I had to stop in the centre of Beaune for some luxury goods from https://www.mulotpetitjean.com/en/ the best pain d'epice EVER! but with shops only in Dijon or Beaune we don't get it very often ( it's also bloody expensive!) parked illegally infornt of a posh cheese shop, can't not get some smelly cheese now can I? I didn't stop much after that cos I needed to get on and get food before a telephone meeting I had scheduled for 14h00. Lunch i did what I needed to do in Louhans and set off home, lateer than planned and riding into fast deteriorating weather. Louhans - Chalon - mercurey- Couches - Autun - Brazey en Morvan - Saulieu - Avallon and home. I had planned on a more roundabout route but with time getting on and a number of storm cells moving eastwards in front of me I simply aimed for a gap and managed to pass between to cells riding some drenched roads but not actually getting actively rained on, the strom cell coming up from the west which I needed to stay in front off was quite impressive but moving fast so I didn't stop for any photos on the way home, just snapping this one specially for @XTreme once I got in and just before the heavens opened... 430 kilometers, beautiful scenery and roads and acheived something useful to boot all in all a successful day, AND i got to stuff myself silly with Pain d'epice at the end of it 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Brilliant Chris! Scenery and buildings look so different there compared to what I'm used to! And that's some weird shit on your plate! In fact it looks even more weird than the shit @Pedro eats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 55 minutes ago, XTreme said: And that's some weird shit on your plate! In fact it looks even more weird than the shit @Pedro eats! Salade de gesiers, fois gras et poulet de Bresse. bloody good it was too, though a little pricey in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 58 minutes ago, MooN said: Salade de gesiers, fois gras et poulet de Bresse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 23 minutes ago, XTreme said: chicken gizzards, even you know what foie gras is and Poulet de Bresse is rather special chicken, local to the area. https://www.parisperfect.com/blog/2015/07/poulet-de-bresse/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, MooN said: chicken gizzards, even you know what foie gras is and Poulet de Bresse is rather special chicken, local to the area. https://www.parisperfect.com/blog/2015/07/poulet-de-bresse/ I haven't got a clue what foie gras is! I'm from Swansea not fucking Kensington! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 minute ago, XTreme said: I haven't got a clue what foie gras is! I'm from Swansea not fucking Kensington! Come on @MooN, Pete thinks kebabs are exotic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 26 minutes ago, XTreme said: I haven't got a clue what foie gras is! I'm from Swansea not fucking Kensington! sorry, didn't realise you don't have google where you are... https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foie_gras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 39 minutes ago, MooN said: sorry, didn't realise you don't have google where you are... https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foie_gras How can I understand French? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 That’s the stuff, proper pics of great wine scenery and a very french lunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Nice work Chris, even better as you did while riding some cool roads and had a dodgy french lunch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 21 hours ago, XTreme said: How can I understand French? look it up in english ya twat, its called the same thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Looked delicious, ignore these uneducated buffoons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 39 minutes ago, MooN said: look it up in english ya twat, its called the same thing Look at this cunt @Buckster.........he eats some disgusting French stuff with a funny name that looks like vomit (and they tuck him on the price)......and he says I'm the twat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hard to work out how he got so fat eating shite like that. He probably supplements it with horse burgers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 "pearls before swine..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 No chance of bangers n mash then. Them panniers look huge from the back.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 15/06/2020 at 20:26, Catteeclan said: No chance of bangers n mash then. Them panniers look huge from the back.. never measured how big my bum is in those panniers, no wider than the tralp was though with 2 x 52L givi's on and stuck out each side the width of the exhaust, about 1m10 if I remember right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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