On 2 Aug 2015, at 17:37, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's interesting, Bob. Rugged types huh? Here 500 or so request > private homes to stay in. > > What's the weather like during the PBP?
As I understand it, it has been quite favourable in recent years, but sometimes it is a wash-out. And of course cycling through the night is always likely to be a little cooler. > I thought everyone leaves > Paris in August. Yes. Sensible people drive south. The foolish cycle to Brest and back... > Mystery rider reveal yourself to satisfy our vicarious ride envy. Now he has done so. For someone used to cycling the Himalayas a nice little pootle in the gentle French countryside will be nothing. B > > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 09:08:48 +0100 > From: Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Geso :Tour De Farms > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> On 2 Aug 2015, at 03:01, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> [...] By the way many riders carry their >> sleeping bags etc on the bikes and sleep where they drop. >> > > That's called "randonn?e" or "audax". The real hardcore don't use > tents and sleeping bags, but sleep in their clothes in bus shelters or > on the floor of halls. > > The most famous event is Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP). One of our very own > PDMLers is doing it this year - 16-20 August. Perhaps he'll show > himself and we can follow his exploits online. > > http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/index2.php?cat=accueil&lang=en&page=edito > > B > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
