http://the-cyclist-diary.fr/en/adventures/echapp%C3%A9e-automnale/Recent content in Autumn Escape on The cyclist diaryHugoen-GBSat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://the-cyclist-diary.fr/en/adventures/echapp%C3%A9e-automnale/bordeaux---pleaux/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://the-cyclist-diary.fr/en/adventures/echapp%C3%A9e-automnale/bordeaux---pleaux/<p>When the alarm goes off at seven this morning, I curse myself for not having, once again, taken a single day off before leaving on a trip, when I was still working yesterday until around six in the evening.</p> <p>The road is wet and dark all the way to the station. I settle into the little TER bound for Tulle, which carries me, with plenty of shaking and all kinds of hesitation, safely to port - that is, Brive-la-Gaillarde.</p>cycling