The 3rd Shakedown is going to be based around my friend Anna’s house in the small hamlet of Suze about one hours south west of Dijon.  Anna is charming, nutty and will do everything she can to help us and our little adventure.

The plan is that an advanced party of myself and Richie take my Car by fast Ferry from Portsmouth to Caen on the morning of Wed 28th April and drive with four bikes and as much kit as we can fit in the car to La Suze a journey of about 5 hours tops from Caen.

On Thursday morning we will unpack the Bikes and kit into the Large Barn.  That Thursday morning Hugo, Chris, Glyn and Mike will take the same route as we did 24hrs previously, hopefully arriving in La Suze before the sun sets.

Late that Thursday afternoon I will take the Mercedes to Dijon station to meet the remainder of the advance party, Nolly and Andy arriving by Eurostar.  Graham will drive from Paris and there we have it, the crew is assembled.  We will eat together at the house, preparing the meal ourselves and plot and plan for the arrival of the Team Cyclists the next day.

Friday morning the cyclist will be on Eurostar bright and early whist we busy ourselves with the build up to the forthcomming event.  The riders will be with us mid afternoon and straight into the event from that moment on we will be their care team.  The event will end on Sunday, a shower, super together a sleep and then we skatter to the four winds.

 
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