Tuesday July 4th
Instead of staying for a rest day I had a lie in until nearly 08.00.
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| This part of the Via is over the Rhone |
I stopped for a leisurely plat du jour at 12.30. I alternated between staying on the Via Rhona and staying on the quieter west bank of the Rhone. I must have crossed the Rhone more than a hundred times now. However it is remarkable from how little of the Via Rhona you can actually see the river.
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| Almost on the railway |
The only incident of note apart from how close the lorries were passing me as if to say " Get back to the piste cyclable - it cost us enough!" I was stung by a wasp while replying to an encouraging text from Ron and Avril. It was and has become nothing and had certainly not dented my bonhomie.
Maybe I'll try for Chateauneuf du Pape tomorrow just for the symmetry of it but it is only 64 kms away. Avignon seems a better target. On vira!
I have been stung twice today I have just been charged 6.20 euros for the night! I have also just met a young couple from America who started at Arles and are going beyond Geneve to Budapest. They have just told me that they are from Boston and that they are on their honeymoon ( which explains all the hugging and kissing ) but they are American!
It looks like I am well set to get to Raissac by Sunday the 30th day of Brian's Biggest Bike Ride Yet (and fairly certainly last) apart from a short one I have promised Ruby when she is in P7.
04/07/17 Tuesday Municipal Chateauneuf
du Rhone €6.20 4
excellent toilet facilities in town
centre supermarket at 100m lovely small site
Relief all around, Brian. Brave decision and never to be questioned by anyone at home. My relief equal to any you are currently experienced. Still lots to be enjoyed and savoured.
ReplyDeleteIt is always harder for the spectators and those that are rooting for you because they have no control and can only fear the worst and hope for the best.
ReplyDeleteGood progress. Avignon - a bridge too far? Thought you might settle for a glass of whine and lunch at Chateauneuf du Pape after cutting through Orange. Have a good day whatever option you elect. S&B
ReplyDeleteAPOLOGY, BRIAN. Should read 'GLASS OF WiNE' - technology, I hate it when it thinks it knows better than me about my message. B
ReplyDeleteWe have been to sites in cndep and a The one in Cn de P is up s hill the one in Avignon is on an island in the middle of the Rhone. Which would you prefer? I am sure that I will still get a glass of Chateauneuf du Pape.
ReplyDeleteBrian, having been following your blog with both awe and trepidation, I think I have now figured out how to send a comment (easier from a PC than my phone). I'm not sure whether I am more impressed by the cycling done or the reaching of some self-understanding. Both will be linked anyway. As you get old and decrepit, realising your limits, whilst still kicking hard against them, is where we should be. Regarding Avignon, I stayed in a tented youth hostel on that island in 1970, possibly even the same site, which was right opposite the old Pont. If so, it's a short walk into the splendid centre, which probably won't be as full of American hippies as it was then (or even honeymooning American couples!). Probably worth a rest day unless you have spent some time there before. Keep pedalling on. Ian
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