Author Topic: Any ideas on how to get home from Athens? (Read 8959 times)

pcolbeck · « **Reply #25 on:** 19 April, 2010, 02:27:45 pm »

Hire a car and drive to Narbonne and get a TGV from there. Its only a couple of hours from Barcelona to Narbonne by road.

Regulator · « **Reply #26 on:** 19 April, 2010, 02:42:40 pm »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 19 April, 2010, 02:27:45 pm

Hire a car and drive to Narbonne and get a TGV from there. Its only a couple of hours from Barcelona to Narbonne by road.

Good thinking Batman!

And doesn't the Bike Express pick up at Narbonne as well or even from Rosas in northern Spain? Coach trip back complete with a space for the bike.

MSeries · « **Reply #27 on:** 19 April, 2010, 02:46:55 pm »

Bike Express doesn't start until early May. Gordy could have pedaled home in that time

pcolbeck · « **Reply #28 on:** 19 April, 2010, 03:25:58 pm »

Driving from Barcelona to the Channel ports wouldn't be too difficult either. Quite a nice drive too at least the first half along the edge of the Pyrenees and up past Carcasonne. Easy drive in two days, can be done in one but I wouldn't attempt that without a co driver to spell me.

gordon taylor · « **Reply #29 on:** 20 April, 2010, 09:37:31 pm »

I flew to Barcelona today and failed to get a train ticket at Barcelona Central Station. I was 121st in my second queue when I gave up, put the bike together and pedalled north east. I´m now 100 miles closer to home and just short of the French border.

There´s a lot of confused and miserable Brits out here. I was one of them until I unleashed my secret weapon A BICYCLE

Bye!

Polar Bear · « **Reply #30 on:** 20 April, 2010, 09:46:47 pm »

I've been waiting patiently to hear Gordy report that he's pedalling back to Blighty!

tonycollinet · « **Reply #31 on:** 20 April, 2010, 09:50:30 pm »

About a 7 day journey to Le Havre at that rate. Where are you heading?

peliroja · « **Reply #32 on:** 20 April, 2010, 10:05:15 pm »

Quote from: Gordy on 20 April, 2010, 09:37:31 pm

I flew to Barcelona today and failed to get a train ticket at Barcelona Central Station. I was 121st in my second queue when I gave up, put the bike together and pedalled north east. I´m now 100 miles closer to home and just short of the French border.

There´s a lot of confused and miserable Brits out here. I was one of them until I unleashed my secret weapon A BICYCLE

Bye!

POTD

woollypigs · « **Reply #33 on:** 20 April, 2010, 10:07:08 pm »

Quote from: peliroja on 20 April, 2010, 10:05:15 pm

Quote from: Gordy on 20 April, 2010, 09:37:31 pm
I flew to Barcelona today and failed to get a train ticket at Barcelona Central Station. I was 121st in my second queue when I gave up, put the bike together and pedalled north east. I´m now 100 miles closer to home and just short of the French border.

There´s a lot of confused and miserable Brits out here. I was one of them until I unleashed my secret weapon A BICYCLE

Bye!
POTD

Second that

Butterfly · « **Reply #34 on:** 20 April, 2010, 10:13:49 pm »

Quote from: Polar Bear on 20 April, 2010, 09:46:47 pm

I've been waiting patiently to hear Gordy report that he's pedalling back to Blighty!

Me too

. Go on Gordy. Have a lovely ride

.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #35 on:** 20 April, 2010, 10:16:50 pm »

GO GORDY

Basil · « **Reply #36 on:** 20 April, 2010, 10:20:32 pm »

Hang on Gordy. I've just seen a commercial jet go over.

hellymedic · « **Reply #37 on:** 20 April, 2010, 10:39:39 pm »

Enjoy your ride!
Seems cyclists are being allowed ont ferries...

hellymedic · « **Reply #38 on:** 21 April, 2010, 01:35:18 am »

Coming soon:
Daily Wail headline about how dedicated headteacher cycled back from New Zealand...

Polar Bear · « **Reply #39 on:** 21 April, 2010, 06:36:44 am »

Can we arrange for Pancho to sail across and meet him somewhere...

Manotea · « **Reply #40 on:** 21 April, 2010, 07:15:38 am »

What happens next is Gordy has to cycle back to Athens to board a plane...

(Go Gordy Go!)

Regulator · « **Reply #41 on:** 21 April, 2010, 07:25:18 am »

Quote from: Polar Bear on 21 April, 2010, 06:36:44 am

Can we arrange for Pancho to sail across and meet him somewhere...

They could rendezvous in Bordeaux...

Wowbagger · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 April, 2010, 08:02:56 am »

Having trouble getting back from Athens? Gordy's clearly not troying hard enough.

Charlotte · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 April, 2010, 08:06:45 am »

Gordy, you rock

Rapples · « **Reply #44 on:** 21 April, 2010, 09:03:29 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 21 April, 2010, 08:02:56 am

Having trouble getting back from Athens? Gordy's clearly not troying hard enough.

That's not fair Wowbagger, sounds to me like he's been to Helen back

Morrisette · « **Reply #45 on:** 21 April, 2010, 12:26:52 pm »

Yay the bicycle, I've said it before and I'll say it again - The Ultimate Vehicle.

Fantastic story!

Kathy · « **Reply #46 on:** 21 April, 2010, 01:37:33 pm »

Have the papers started bidding for exlusive rights to Gordy's interview yet?

Go Gordy!

Where are you now?

gordon taylor · « **Reply #47 on:** 22 April, 2010, 04:27:35 pm »

Your replies make me laugh, thanks - but the reality isn't so funny. I'm now in Toulouse, having made the trip from Barcelona via two trains, one bus (nice driver = bike in the boot) and 200-odd km pedalling through the Pyrenees.

I'm in Toulouse now, with 48 hours to wait until a flight to Bristol on Sunday evening; The wonderful Mrs Gordy booked the flight really to stop me fretting and zig-zagging around - chasing rumours of overnight coaches and spaces in vans etc. She just gave me one instruction: get to Toulouse and check in at 3pm on Saturday. Easy.

I'll be bored tomorrow so I might spend some time in this cheap cafe and write more and add photos. Boy, there are some amazing gorges out near Quillan - what a ride! I camped out for two nights to save money but was woken last night by howling things in the trees. Do they have wolves in the Pyrenees? It certainly sounds like it.

Zoidburg · « **Reply #48 on:** 22 April, 2010, 04:29:14 pm »

Quote from: Gordy on 22 April, 2010, 04:27:35 pm

Do they have wolves in the Pyrenees? It certainly sounds like it.

No wolves.

The bears ate them all.

Pancho · « **Reply #49 on:** 22 April, 2010, 05:28:08 pm »

Flying back?

Bah. I was just getting the boat ready.

What an epic (and fantastic) trip you've had. You're probably really miserable now but I'm sure it will be one of those things that turn out to be "retrospectively pleasurable". Like an audax.

Author Topic: Any ideas on how to get home from Athens? (Read 8959 times)

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