{"id":2747,"date":"2016-09-15T20:02:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2016-09-15T20:02:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:02:31","slug":"the-adventures-of-brian-the-snail-the-great-escape-attempt-the-loire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/the-adventures-of-brian-the-snail-the-great-escape-attempt-the-loire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adventures of Brian the Snail – The Great Escape attempt – the Loire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian thought I was fed up with him and the hot bike bag : not quite!<\/p>\n

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Eeeeek ! ducks!<\/p><\/div>\n

Well you know how much I like boats, and rivers,. Once again we were by a river, watching a ferry, and then some old man feeding the ducks\u2026 I suppose that at least meant they were not interested in me.<\/p>\n

(Ermintrude : ducks are used to clear a vineyard of slugs, snails and other pests in South Africa ; see here<\/a>
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Brian : Oi, who are you calling a pest?)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But I wasn\u2019t taking any chances so I leapt off the bike, and headed for the nearest cover, didn\u2019t quite make it before I was caught on camera and then returned to the bag. I hid there until the ducks were well out of the way.<\/p>\n

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Get away break out discovered – save me!<\/p><\/div>\n

I may spend a lot of time in there as there seems to be water everywhere we go.<\/p>\n

Minden with a bridge over a river, and a slipway for boats where Brian nearly got run down by a boat that was launching from the slipway.<\/p>\n

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Minden- where Brian nearly got run over – serve him right for hogging the camera<\/p><\/div>\n

Pornic with another bridge, quite pretty, but I am getting more and more frightened of falling in the water, especially as here Brian was feeding the fish and they were just waiting for me to fall in.<\/p>\n

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Pornic – pretty town<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the bridge at Pornic<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ooh- er – – – ducks. I’m running as fast as I can<\/p><\/div>\n

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I don\u2019t mind watching so much, and looking at pretty scenery, but I really don\u2019t want to go swimming, or feeding the fishes or the ducks, however many times people say \u201cBon Appetit!\u201d they don\u2019t mean me!<\/p>\n

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If it’s not the ducks it’s the fish!<\/p><\/div>\n

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They are waiting for me to fall in<\/p><\/div>\n

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At Les Moutiers Brian left me behind in the tent while he went to watch the sunset over the beach \u2013 the only thing worse than water is water and sand!<\/p>\n

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