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Moderate to strong head wind cool
A quick breakfast at the hotel and on the bikes at 7:30. The legs didn't really want to be on a bike today.
The first two hours were the hardest of the trip, we were riding on the levee bank completely exposed to the wind. A bit easier for me as K & D sat in front, and I tucked in behind them again. Quite a few locals out for a ride today (Sunday), we always got a cheery bonjour and a wave as the overtook or passed us.
Coffee was a problem again today, we managed to buy a pastry in a small village, but coffee was out of the question.
The second half of the ride was a lot better, the legs were feeling stronger and we were riding on paths and lanes sheltered by tall trees. The bike paths today were probably the roughest we had ridden on, but still good enough to get along at a reasonable rate (23 – 25 klms per hour). D caused a bit of a flurry, on a rough section of the path he spotted a couple of rider 500 M ahead of us and as he is won't to do – he put the hammer down and rode flat out for a couple of kilometers with K & J hanging onto his dust. Fortunately for me it came to a sudden end, when an overhanging vine neatly ripped my sun glasses of my face, the glasses survived the fall and a rider behind just missed running over them. As it turned out, we were chasing a very fit young couple who were towing a trailer that carried their camping gear. We were all pleased to make to our hotel in Orleans. I rested up and K&D walked the city to find us a place for dinner – very good it was – I had veal kidney.
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