The old man with the bicycle

It was August 1977 when I met the old man with the bicycle.

I arrived in the old city of Vézelay, France, on a Saturday morning. By bus from the nearest train station 7 miles away. My plan was to spend that day and part of the next there, before taking the bus back to the train station.

Except I quickly learned that buses didn’t run on Sundays. I’d have to stay a day longer than planned…