The road to Portugal - now in between dogs again :(

We have left on another road trip but this time without Purdy - which is very sad. There is a big space where her bed used to be in Muy and no Purdy on the back seat of the truck. To make some positive from this we have brought two folding bikes (Bromptons) with us that have taken up the back seat.

We drove to Portsmouth for the ferry to St Malo and planned to head south through France to Spain and then Portugal. Before we left, I (Phil) had noticed some difference in clutch pressure but the local garage said it was fine.

However, when driving through France the clutch got worse so we had to stop at a Ford garage in Cholet for the clutch master cylinder to be replaced. Muy was left on the truck so, after a night in a hotel near the Ford garage, we used our bikes and took the train to Angers where we stayed for the weekend, trying out some of the local cycle routes.

Route to the old slate town of Trelaze

The castle at Angers

Purdy the mascot is always with us!

We spent a night back in Cholet in a different hotel in the centre before picking up the truck and continuing on our journey.