With the girls teeing up additional car hire arrangements the boys took to the road cycling through beautiful back road villages to the magnificent chateaux overlooking Chaumur sur Loire. What an idyllic setting with the Loire landscape and lighting resembling a Monet painting with it's prominent pastel colours.
The ride, part road part bike path, was largely free from traffic with good surfaces making cycling enjoyable and holiday friendly. With KH and self tour seasoned, Linton was having to ride his mountain bike at a high cadence and did well with limited training to get the 60kms in.
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| Kev & Linton - Chaumur sur Loire |
The ride was uneventful save for one intersection near Amboise where KH's sudden braking mixed with some roadside gravel conspired to put him down on his back in the middle of a small intersection contemplating the sky and profusely apologising to motorists looking on with bemusement!
A top up of supplies at the local supermarket allowed us to enjoy a pasta meal and some of the wide range of local wines. At this rate there's a good chance that we will all end up in wheelbarrows by the time we get to Barcelona!
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| An outdoor meal at our accommodation near Amboise |
The important question is did Kev destroy his Look knicks and bear his bum to France?
ReplyDeleteregards Bobbert.