This journey is nothing if not an adventure. Today we were riding along The Avenue Verte, a disused railiway line stretching for 28 miles, it was beautiful as we rode through the heart of the French countryside, seeing areas we would never have seen from the road or in a car.
We were due to meet Murray and Sue for lunch after 28 miles, we were expecting to do 14 mph, the terrain was going to be mainly flat and the wind was going to be on our backs, so we'd be flying.....reality check! Andy added up wrong and 28 was actually 35, we were doing 10 mph because guess what 'THE WIND WAS IN OUR FACE' , the terrain was a very gradual incline made to feel much more severe because of the wind and all in all we didn't fly.
We didn't make lunch until 3pm, by which time most places were shut but the barman in a little corner bar offered us a ham sandwich ( no choice) He then fetched the bread from the Boulangerie over the road and delivered a much needed French stick with ham.
A route change and a helpful support crew picking us up after 54 miles made for another tiring day, sitting down is very tiring ( as Murray would say) The helpful crew will drop us off tomorrow where they picked us up so don't worry, all miles will be covered!
Another lovely evening meal, highlight of the day - hearing Tor has won an award for highest academic achievement in midwifery, lowlight not having Lois here to massage my sore bits. Murray offered and said he'd be discreet! The door to our room is locked!
179000 miles, original clutch - - the old Peugeot, like our intrepid pedlars, keeps rolling on! Next stop Poissy and a hotel with a swimming pool and a chance to get some exercise rather than sitting down all day - very tiring.
ReplyDeleteWe have never been in bed before 10 so many times in a week before!