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Posted on: 3/03/2025

A to Z travel challenge in 2025

Travel challenge to visit locations in alphabetic order throughout 2025 from A to Z.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J
  11. K
  12. L
  13. M
  14. N
  15. O
  16. P
  17. Q
  18. R
  19. S
  20. T
  21. U
  22. V
  23. W
  24. X
  25. Y
  26. Z
G→ Guildford 🇬🇧 Guildford train station sign

Guildford in south-west London is a buzzing hub town home to the University of Surrey and a giant cathedral atop a hill. Lot of shops and restaurants; to the latter point the best burger I had in a long time was here, in a place called 'Boring Burger', an oxymoron name if you ask me.

Guildford Cathedral front entrance
F→ Fifield 🇬🇧 Fifield road sign

Small village which has at least 1 pub. There are also some horse 🐎 stables in the area and I was lucky to see some of them being strolled through the road. My visit was bleak for the most part, not so different to the Prometheus (Alien franchise) scientist of the same name who turns into a xeno-zombie creature.

One of the roads leading to Fifield, with some water/flood issues
E→ Eton Wick 🇬🇧 Eton Wick road sign

Eton Wick, unbeknownst to me was right next to Eton, as in, the Eton college, a highly prestigious college in the UK. It certainly was a tad different to the previous college I pass by that day (Slough&Langley College). From here you can see Windsor castle in its fine splendor.

Eton college building with horizontal human-sized figurine
D→ Datchet 🇬🇧 Datchet entry road sign

Not so far from Datchet you can walk around The Queen Mother Reservoir though you're not able to see the body of water per say as the area is fenced off to the public. If it's any comfort, on the north side of the reservoir, you can spot sheep 🐑.

Datchet church building
C→ Carcassonne 🇫🇷 Carcassone city map board, next to rental bike

The fortified medieval castle of Carcassone is something else, smooth, clean and sitting atop the hill with a great view of the city!

Carcassone outside castle wall overlooking the city
B→ Bram 🇫🇷 Bram town entry signpost by a road

B in the bag! I reached Bram from Castelnaudary by cycle 🚲. Bram is a tightly packed village with a lot of shops.

Tiny street in Bram, with houses on both sides
A→ Avignonet-Lauragais 🇫🇷 Avignonet-Lauragais town entry signpost by a road, rental bike next to it.

And we're off, starting off with a small village near Toulouse. I reached this village from Toulouse by bike 🚲, following the via the 'Canal du Midi' route. A beautiful church sits in the middle and atop a hill of this village.

Avignonet-Lauragais church courtyard, with church in the back.