Mules 2022
WE give you our 2022 Mules (well 49 of them, a few are missing) who have just completed an epic ride starting in Niort through La Rochelle, Angouleme and Perigueux before finishing in Bordeaux. 54 riders supported by 10 crew…
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Mules do St Malo
The now traditional final night in St Malo after a rather long coach journey up from Bordeaux. Mules Cafe Ouest!
Day 6: Perigueux to Bordeaux
And that’s a wrap! 86 miles for everyone and one group doing an extra loop to make it 100 and they all absolutely smashed it! Another scorching day, topping 40 degrees in Bordeaux so the pool at the hotel had…
Day 5: Perigueux loop
Day 5 in a sweltering Dordogne. Out at 7am to try and get some miles in before the worst of the heat but someone turned the thermostat up at about 11am to scorchio. Beautiful lunch stop in Brantomme and a…
Day 4: Angouleme to Perigueux
Whose idea was it to do a charity bike ride in the middle of a French heatwave?? Chapeau to all our Mules today who pushed on through in temperatures in the high 30s. Moved on to Perigueux today which is…
Day 3: La Rochelle to Angouleme
Morning from Angouleme (spot the rather handily parked van!). A brutal and long day in the heat yesterday with a number of the Mules completing their longest ever ride. Congratulations! Pleased to say it was just the minibus and Tommo’s…
Day 2: La Rochelle loop
Another hot day in the Aquitaine, circuit around Il de Re and then onto the mainland and a night out in beautiful La Rochelle. Everyone doing brilliantly, our mules are superstars!!
Day 1: Niort to La Rochelle
Great first day. Ridiculously hot – 30 degrees – but the Mules have done brilliantly and everyone is in the hotel rehydrating!
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