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they've just shut down the Rhone, Nievre, and Aube departements, so we, the "Yonne" are now closed in on 3 sides ( plus a narrow corridoor into the saone et Loire. Travel between regions is banned except for professional purposes or family imperatives, which you must beable to justify. this for 4 weeks, so that's fucked the easter hols then.

nearly as old as some of he codgers on here... its all very medievel, or what is still there today is, Noyers belonged to the duke of Burgundy as far back as 1240 something, before that it was the ancestral seat of the Miles family but the earliest recorded settlement there dates back to the Sequani, a pre romain tribe of Gauls.

well I'm glad ny pics have some effect, maybe I should be getting paid by the tourist board? That road, however, is actually tarmac, old and worn perhaps but a mettalled road non the less.

well he recycled tham as curry!

continuing the Cardinal points of the Yonne departement with the Eastern most point accessible by road: Desperately getting some riding in before we get shut down again... The eastern most point of the Yonne is on the D186 between Jully and Fotaine les seches ( which is in the Cote D'or departement but has a Yonne postcode...bizarre!) 47:46'38"N 04:20'04"E Round trip of 130 odd km, took nearly 3 hours with lots of little windy back roads. The trip to the east edge was more interesting than to the north with wide open vistasalternating with the eternal forest roads. Surprisingly few vinyards though as the route skirts the southern edge of the Chablis region through the Tonnerois area. Destination point was prettier too but no sign or marking of any kind to actually show the boundary like they do on the major roads. This is it, to within a few meters : everything in front is "Cote D'or" and behind is "L'Yonne" ( I like this pic) I was running ut of fuel, having not refilled since yesterday's Northwards jaunt, so googled the nearest fuel point and headed there at Ancey le Franc. From there rode home via Noyers sur Serein got home just in time to pick up a call from N01 daughter aho'd managed to rip the rear bumper half off her car whilst picking her sisters up from school... ho hum... nice afternoon out though, but temps are rising and it's getting to that stage where the flies are back out, you really want thermal gear on whilst actually riding but the minit you stop you drown in your own sweat...

Such nice people too...? ? southern climate would probably suit you better Pete, more like spain then up here which has a more temperate climate. I'd struggle with the heat much of the time where you are I reckon.

you can call me what you like, makes no odds to me mate. Looooong time since anybody called me shortly though...

well good luck with that! ?

yaeh, bozo just fucked our season. up to that point we were still hoping.

what surgery you having Tym?

I would, of course, really like to ride to the 4 corners of the earth. Not doable for myriad reasons. A four corners of europe trip would be fun, and is an idea put away for later but not forgotten. The four corners of France Is kinda on the cards, but the plan has turned into more of a "all the way round, passing through the cardinal points" idea and is still in the planning stages. This is the first one of a "cardinal points" or 4 corners of the departement idea ( hey, start small right!) and it might very soon be the limit of travel anyway. So, North, East, South and West. Starting with the Northen most point of the Yonne department accessible by road. a round trip of 180km which took me 2h30 minutes + a couple of stops. Clear blue skies and warm, I dunno what the temp was but I stopped here to remove thermal liner from my jacket. The northern Limit of the Yonne department ( as opposed to the Yonne river) is just south of Fontaines Fourches on the D147 at 48:23'54"N 3:33'16"E. Here; beyond this is the region "Ile de France" which is in lockdown and into which I dare not go for fear of dropping down dead instantly from the dreaded lurgy... Looking south into our clean and healthy non confined department... Then I rode home. I am hoping the 3 remaining cardinal points of the Yonne are more photogenic, or at least more interesting to look at. good ride though?

I'm with Tym on this one, but only cos I didn't undsrstand a fucking word of what Pete or Buck said.

I know a girl called "Tor" and was going to ask her, but then actually read the thread...

its a toyota Pete, my goddaughter who was still very small at the time called it the Tatayoyo, and the name has stuck.

I call BS. but then what the fuck do I know? I've also never owned a new vehicle in my life, the most recent being Tatayoyo which is 8 yrs old.

"same"

I've been using the sma etyres on the Tiger since I got it and am on the 3rd set. I quite like them, I know Pete says he had them slip ot on him but I find them fine. To be fair, when I bought the Tiger the whole package was so awesome compared to the old tralp that I probably wouldn't have noticed anything untoward from the tyres, but I'm still happy with them now so I guess that I should probably be concerned that my riding is sufficienty inept to render tyre choice irrelevant.

I've been using my phone on the bike since I got the Tiger and went all modern and gadgety. not had a problem wit it yet, excpet that it tends to overheat in the summer.

it really is a shame that the French don't have the same reaction of hilarity to innuendo and bum jokes cos the scope in their maritime terminology is even more extensive than ours... I just have to snigger quietly to myself at my own smutty "carry on up the canal" jokes ?

It didn't bother me at all. not being able to ride was frustrating though.

not to mention Futtocks, Buttocks, rowlocks and bollards...

still 11 hrs to go till the weekend here...

I'vs had an official invitation from the govt to go get my vaccination. I went to the doc who said, well they're fucking optimistic I have no vaccin left and cannot order anymore... Theres a phrase about piss ups and breweries that springs to mind. I'm sure it's those sneaky english keeping all the vaccins for themselves... ?

well they just shut Paris. AND, they've done if from friday night which means the fuckers cant run away to the countryside before they're locked down. So, Paris and surrounding area ( Ile de France), northeastern France and the Alpes Maritimes ( Nice) are semi locked down from tomorrow night. essential stores only, allowd outside with a valid reason but only in a 10k radius of home. Rest of France maintains curfewbut that is eased from 18h00 to 19h00 through to 06H00.