tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post429296287265452280..comments2023-09-28T17:55:57.684+02:00Comments on All the Days of Dolores: Tour-spottingDolores Doolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-37496718282449672732011-07-23T10:32:13.961+02:002011-07-23T10:32:13.961+02:00Climbing trees by moonlight - Romantic And Thrilli...Climbing trees by moonlight - Romantic And Thrilling! I bet you took all your girls there!Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-27480563180046449712011-07-22T19:04:23.631+02:002011-07-22T19:04:23.631+02:00That sounds fun! My favourite nocturnal-happy-biki...That sounds fun! My favourite nocturnal-happy-biking prank was to cycle up to Hampstead Heath and climb trees by the moonlight. And then the thrill of whizzing at breakneck speed down the hills home!!<br /><br />I want to be a kid again!!!!<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-67880225774326267962011-07-22T16:03:59.325+02:002011-07-22T16:03:59.325+02:00Hi CI - I quite enjoy the Boneshaking aspect. Have...Hi CI - I quite enjoy the Boneshaking aspect. Have you got a photie?<br /><br />Once borrowed my brother's bike for 4am surreptitious stuff. We were celebrating the last day of high school by launching our gymbags up the flagpole. Not a unique plan, but How it made us larf! <br />I could hardly reach the pedals & my plastic carrier got caught in the spokes, making a noise like a stick-along-the-railings, before plunging me onto the verge. <br />(But we did it)Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-73149428630106196322011-07-22T15:48:55.637+02:002011-07-22T15:48:55.637+02:00Thank you greatly, JW - I also have very regal ear...Thank you greatly, JW - I also have very regal ears. And I sound a right Charlie when it comes to speaking French too. (ho ho).<br /><br />Watch Cricket??!! I'd rather be eaten by termites.Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-22433256905033395142011-07-22T15:45:16.937+02:002011-07-22T15:45:16.937+02:00I was given an old heavyweight secondhand boneshak...I was given an old heavyweight secondhand boneshaker when I was seven years old. It took me ages to get to ride it properly, because it was much too big for me. But it lasted all the way through my schooldays and college. Gosh, I loved that bike...<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-27353283260908065722011-07-22T14:08:40.927+02:002011-07-22T14:08:40.927+02:00Your video is brill, Dolores, you have a lovely wa...Your video is brill, Dolores, you have a lovely waving Regal hand: DD for Queen of France.<br /><br />Occasionally I watch the tour on TV as it is nice to see beautiful parts of the countryside with all the little towns and villages inbetween with their foreign road signs. For the record, I do not look at the lycra clad riders.<br /><br />Football, Dolores? Hell's teeth, you'll be watching cricket next.JW10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900900012977715640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-62727514301687374362011-07-21T20:39:31.588+02:002011-07-21T20:39:31.588+02:00Hi f-f! Yes... most people we know here looked be...Hi f-f! Yes... most people we know here looked bemused when we said we were going to see the Tour In The Flesh. And no, they didn't want to come too, thank you.<br /><br />I think one experience will suffice for me too. Unless, of course, there exist VIP Viewing Hillocks with champagne and those nice verrine things you eat with dainty spoon from a glass...Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-30817066022394457502011-07-21T14:49:30.834+02:002011-07-21T14:49:30.834+02:00Had one experience of La Tour - just as you descri...Had one experience of La Tour - just as you described it (don't blink as the bikes approach!). Have got it on the telly as I type - you can see so much more! Will probably go again if it comes near to us, just for the crack.farming-frenchstylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-67530317298409328122011-07-21T09:15:28.946+02:002011-07-21T09:15:28.946+02:00Hi CI - We would have, but George's lycra was ...Hi CI - We would have, but George's lycra was in the wash.<br /><br />Expat - you did it again!! We bought bikes from the supermarket soon after seeing how bike-able the countryside is round here and Yes! SHINY BLUE, they are very bloody wobbly and have shelf behind saddle for putting your shopping on. <br />You often see Pointy-Baguette-loaded specimens riding along like Ben Hur's chariot & slicing through all pedestrians with gay abandon!Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-43244748039136928102011-07-21T03:36:13.358+02:002011-07-21T03:36:13.358+02:00Yes, CI, but don't you think an old black-fram...Yes, CI, but don't you think an old black-frame model with wobbly wheels and a pannier might have been a bit of a giveaway? <br /><br />Apologies, D., but a pannier-accrouterd bike with the wobblies just seemed so very free-spirited-and-don't-give-a-damn you!Expatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-13644029042109118472011-07-21T00:08:25.536+02:002011-07-21T00:08:25.536+02:00Hello Dolores! Why didn't you go by bike? You ...Hello Dolores! Why didn't you go by bike? You could have unexpectedly emerged from a hedgerow joined the leading pack! Fame!!!<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-23560708710280462202011-07-20T11:26:32.236+02:002011-07-20T11:26:32.236+02:00Certainly Not,Expat! For my hands are long & ...Certainly Not,Expat! For my hands are long & elegant & beautifully manicured...<br /><br />(OK - Well spotted)! It's also me going HaHaHAH betwixt the "Voici la caravane!... grosse baguette, unnh?..." & Frenchly utterings of such ilk. <br /><br />Protective googles would indeed have been handy, but our backpack was weighed down with sustenance. Anyway, we quite like the avant-garde Splattered look...Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-19433067726484339152011-07-19T23:15:54.108+02:002011-07-19T23:15:54.108+02:00Smashing video, George! Dolores, was that your wav...Smashing video, George! Dolores, was that your waving hand appearing on camera? Oh, it's all exciting, isn't it. Did you need googles to protect from the dust cloud generated by the cycling horde?Expatnoreply@blogger.com