Pedalling downhill is novel, but necessary today as the wind was 'in our face' as predicted by the weatherman! I have no idea what speed the wind was but I know we only averaged 8 mph this morning because of it, mainly because to add to the wind we seemed to go up hill for miles :(
Highlight of the morning, or should I say lowlight was me falling off my bike for the first time ever. We were stopping at a view point and as Andy advised me to be careful of the gravel I wasn't! My front wheel went from under me, I fell, not so gracefully, to the ground and hit my hip, ankle and head. I won't be posting the picture of my injury as it doesn't look bad enough to win a sympathy vote, suffice to say I was a brave soldier and pedalled on.
We met Sue and Murray in Boulogne for lunch; omelette, hot chocolate but no pudding for me! The second half of the ride was much better. Still very windy and still needing to pedal downhill but hardly any uphill :) Unfortunately the weatherman got it right again and it started to rain at 2pm as predicted, so by the time we arrived at the beachside Ibis Hotel in Le Touquet we were rather wet. The highlight of the afternoon was me falling off my bike again. Definitely a highlight for Sue; we were at the hotel and I was just going to ride my bike a few yards to a secure store but as I got on I fell over a foot high wall into a garden display, taking my bike with me. I was graceful this time and my bike landed on its saddle and handlebars as if I'd placed it there!
We've been for a swim (recovery, apparently!) and will be going out for a well earned dinner soon (when Andy wakes up!) looking forward to tomorrow - seriously :)
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