Tour de France trip

[rodders]

Eventful trip so far but not in a good way.
Left home at 9.45 in torrential rain,it didn,t stop all the way to the tunnel.
Got to the M25 and it was gridlocked the whole time I was on it.
About 10 mile before I got to the chunnel the RDC warning light came on so pulled over and had feel.It seemed ok so I carried on. It kept dropping so I slowed down. When I pulled into the tunnel I got waved on with no wait,to the later train. NO extra charge.
By now I had 0.9 bar and I could now reach the floor
As soon as I got off the Calais side,they called their tow truck over,put some more air in and guided me to a garage a mile down the road. I called Bmw who sent a truck.He said there was a dealer 3 km away,so more air,and I followed him there.By now it was 17.45
The Bmw dealer had a look,and said it was a very small hole. They repaired it there and then.
I left their shop at 18.45 very gratefully
After a delicious coffee.
All this time still torrential rain.
Rain only stopped about 1900.

Hope tomorrow goes more smoothly.
Hope to take lots of pics of the tour if I get there.will post some on here when I get back home.forgot camera cable.

 

[MickDB1]

Lets hope yer bad luck has all gone now so get down there and enjoy the views of the race and all that follows with it
Wish I was there in stead of following it on the telly
Maybe next year for me
Where are you planning on bumping in to Le Tour

give us a wave

 

[Deleted account Cooperman]

Hopefully will be crossing over the Tour tomorrow as we both leave the Pyrenees.

 

[rodders]

Lets hope yer bad luck has all gone now so get down there and enjoy the views of the race and all that follows with it
Wish I was there in stead of following it on the telly
Maybe next year for me
Where are you planning on bumping in to Le Tour

give us a wave

Hope to catch the last three stages before they go back to Paris especially alpe d'huez

 

[Deleted account Cooperman]

Struck lucky

Hit the back of the traffic queue and skirted around until we got parked at the front.

Only stood for 10 mins before the train came through.

Mr Shleck (not sure which one ).

After they had gone we were the first ones away and back on our trip.

Bloody good luck or what

 

[stevebell]

Have a good one

Rodders/Cooperman

Sounds like a top trip in the making. I'm following tour on TV. Rather be there on the bike though. Maybe next year? Keep up the posts. Any more photo's?

Steve.

 

[rodders]

Will post some of the video I took on my phone when I get it rotated 90 degrees.
Stopped with John Thornley , great house and nice village,everything within spitting distance.. Ideal for anyone interested in motorcycling,cycling and walking...drinking,eating,,, you get the idea
Enjoyed some bike rides with John and some walks with Marj.