Hi Each…. Not too bad a night – sleep ok but work at 3am…. Had a shower and shave at 6am…. And we were all packed and on the road for 7.30am…. off to the Tarn Gorge – and chilly start but it soon got very hot… We stopped for a double coffee along the gorge and I managed to misplace my sunglasses… idiot… then another great run along the gorge and left up and over the top – fabulous views down too…. I managed to get a few videos of the guys riding behind from the head cam…
Then the long haul in the heat (42 degrees) to Cahors – the road was so hot that the tarmac was nearly liquid and the chippings were coming up…. On the tyre line most of the stones were missing and we had just black tar… !!! tricky and tacky…. Stopped at an Inter-marche for another coffee break and to get supplies for lunch (and replacement sunglasses)… then rode for another hour and stopped off the main road by a church in the shade and ate lunch – very chilled.
I would be fair to say that Rui is suffering a little from the heat and the long riding days… it is not everyone cup-of-tea…. I like it and I have modified the days to suit – by adding more twisties that I would do and the days are genuinely shorter --- honest
Tomorrow is a fair days ride to somewhere north of Sumur / Le Mans…. If it proves too hot again or even too wet; then we may have to shorten the day… that for democracy
Total mileage is 2616 so far…..