Since our initial hotel was hosting a wedding, which would most likely keep us up, we were relocated to the next village. This seemed fine at first, until we took a look at the map and saw that our trip was now over 50 kms. We also learned that it was part of another day's loop, so we also cursed our tour company for pushing us so far.
To make matters worse - much worse - there was a nasty strong wind. Of course we were riding into it. And yes, some of the way was uphill.
The wind was so strong that when we were riding downhill we had to peddle to keep moving. And that moving was only about about 25 km/hr, which normally should have been closer to 40 km/hr. Our estimate, and the forecast for the wind was about 50 km/hr, gusting to somewhere about 70 km/hr.
As a frenchman we encountered said, "Wind is the enemy of cyclists." Indeed.
So a long day coupled with strong winds meant riding all day, stopping only to refuel ourselves. The day ended at Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in another nice hotel - with a tub. After dropping our bags I started to immediately fill the tub for a good soak. From there it was straight to bed, only to rise for an hour for a small trip into tour to pick up some much-needed food.
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