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Lloyd and I want to let you know how much we enjoyed biking with your Company from 1987 - 2005. We started your Holidays with the family of John Jefferson from Shropshire and returned for 8 more rides.

The pleasures came in the simple approach to a wonderful do-it-yourself trip, knowing on each tour we would find the expected, the unexpected and thousands of laughs along the way. There was also the fun of going down a steep hill, and the fear in the understanding we would have to ride back up another one. Some days were hot, some were cold and wet, and some just perfect.

The smallness of our private group made for long lasting friends. Your choice of hotels was grand and a favorite game at each new hotel became switching rooms with the couple that seemed to draw the "honeymoon suite" allowing each of us to share the worst and best rooms throughout the trip. The saddest day was the last, not believing how quickly the trip was over.

Alas, Lloyd and I are now into gentler holidays, be it in Europe or America. We always give a wide path to any biker we pass on the road and smile as we remember a very special moment like the smell of a whole field of ripe strawberries or the heavenly sound of the chants in the Abbaye St. Pierre, Solesmes.

We thank you for all and look forward to seeing you in San Francisco with Dale and Rosemary Thompson.

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