I wanted flat, and I had flat. one hundred and sixty kilometers, and the only climbs were the cycle path overpasses.
the Loire valley is crossed by a network of cycle paths, I take one immediately, and it is perfect, well maintained, with pitches with benches every few kilometers. unfortunately the storm last night filled it with branches, and I can't ride as relaxed as I would like. on the other hand the trees shade and shelter from the wind, so I'm fine.
one of the problems is that the path does not cross villages, so to find something to eat I have to leave it, lengthening the path and wasting time. following a sign indicating a possible grocery store within a ghost town: town hall, church, school, two houses. no shop. I go back, where I was a minute before there is a van selling bread: it wasn't there before. I take pizza and croissants, as soon as I turn around it closes and starts again. is the traveling boulanger.
after bourbon-lancy the path is gone, I have to do the provincial roads. not bad, except that there are no more trees to protect me from the wind and the sun, and the road is a single endless, alienating straight.
when I resume the path after Decize is no longer as beautiful as before, the asphalt is uneven, tufts of grass grow in the center, impossible to pedal relaxed, I begin to feel the saddle and fatigue.
five kilometers from the finish I feel the bike strange, I stop and check, I have a hole. slowly deflating, enough to get to the hotel. when I arrive I forget that I have attached the computer to the battery charger, I take it and I break the cable. in short my nap of arrival (the great pleasure and duty of the cyclist) jumps, between wheel to be repaired and cable to be found. all solved, just a waste of time.
at the restaurant I order a caesar salad as a starter and an entrecote. the waiter asks me wow! are you hungry?
I avoid telling him how I burn calories.
day 5
pedaled 169km (641 total)
height difference 218 (total 5185)
1458 total raised
Drank 4.5 liters
pissed three times.
(729 km donated)
the Loire valley is crossed by a network of cycle paths, I take one immediately, and it is perfect, well maintained, with pitches with benches every few kilometers. unfortunately the storm last night filled it with branches, and I can't ride as relaxed as I would like. on the other hand the trees shade and shelter from the wind, so I'm fine.
one of the problems is that the path does not cross villages, so to find something to eat I have to leave it, lengthening the path and wasting time. following a sign indicating a possible grocery store within a ghost town: town hall, church, school, two houses. no shop. I go back, where I was a minute before there is a van selling bread: it wasn't there before. I take pizza and croissants, as soon as I turn around it closes and starts again. is the traveling boulanger.
after bourbon-lancy the path is gone, I have to do the provincial roads. not bad, except that there are no more trees to protect me from the wind and the sun, and the road is a single endless, alienating straight.
when I resume the path after Decize is no longer as beautiful as before, the asphalt is uneven, tufts of grass grow in the center, impossible to pedal relaxed, I begin to feel the saddle and fatigue.
five kilometers from the finish I feel the bike strange, I stop and check, I have a hole. slowly deflating, enough to get to the hotel. when I arrive I forget that I have attached the computer to the battery charger, I take it and I break the cable. in short my nap of arrival (the great pleasure and duty of the cyclist) jumps, between wheel to be repaired and cable to be found. all solved, just a waste of time.
at the restaurant I order a caesar salad as a starter and an entrecote. the waiter asks me wow! are you hungry?
I avoid telling him how I burn calories.
day 5
pedaled 169km (641 total)
height difference 218 (total 5185)
1458 total raised
Drank 4.5 liters
pissed three times.
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