Well today was the final rest day before I hit 7 days of continuous cycling to the end.
Typically the guests in the hotel room next door were in and out and noisey at 8am on this Sunday morning and I wanted a lay in. No chance there!
So had a walk around Rochefort. Amazingly found a large store that was open, so was able to stock up on bits and pieces needed for the trip ahead. Got some breakfast, and then basically chilled out for a bit.
I'm on a ground floor room, and this cat jumped in through the window and spent a good couple of hours in my room. One question, do all French Cats purr so loud? Coz this cat had the loudest purr of any cat I've known!
Then, a long time distant friend, Emma who moved from the UK to not far from here to be with her boyfriend, Franz turned up and we headed off in the car to La Rochelle for the afternoon. (This was just an excursion! - The bike didnt go!) We had a wander around the town there, the Marina. Grabbed some food, had some waffles. All good, and nice to have a couple of friendly faces to talk to. And woah did I do some talking :) Sorry guys, was probably information
overflow, but its been a while since ive been able to rabbit on to English speaking people :) hahah! Would like to say a big thank you to Emma and Franz for today. Cheers guys, hopefully it wont be another 5 years before I see you again!
Back to the hotel room, and to planning the journey up to Caen. Google Maps says 424km. I've had to completely re-write the route from Rochefort. Tomorrow I intend to do a big day. I want to get well ahead of time in case I get any problems. I am dedicated to be on that ferry which sets sail at 23:00 on Thursday. If I arrive in Caen at 08:00 on Thursday then I dont care! The mission is now: Get the hell out of France! Just kidding there. I still have over 400km of France to enjoy.
Compared to Spain, France is a cyclists paradise! Cycle lanes everywhere, flatter roads, campsites all over the place. Even bike racks outside supermarkets to lock the bike up. A lot more people seem to cycle around here.
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