Thanks for the nice comments, guys! Yep, the trip was pretty special, it was the realisation of a lifelong ambition to ride to the South of France. Quite glad I did it on my own, although there were some moments when you're having a fag on the top of a mountain pass during a great day's riding and you think "I wish someone else was here to share the moment with!" I'll try to find a way to post a map of the trip on here at some point.
Highlights for me were riding across the Ardeche National Park on the way there, and the Cevennes and d'Auvergne National Parks on the way back (that was a mammoth six hour 350 mile ride along some of the best roads I've ever experienced! It was also 32 degrees, and there was hardly any traffic
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Campsites were good, weather was great, the bike didn't miss a beat, and the beer at the end of each day was cold. What can I say? Didn't get nicked either
Already planning the next one... got the bug now. Have persuaded the Mrs the first week in September each year is MINE! WEHEY!