During the night at around 02:30, there was an almighty bang that had us both bolt wide awake. My immediate thought was that one of the bike's inner tubes had exploded, where Jwan speculated it might be a tent pole that had snapped. Jwan was right; we now have two broken tent poles.
We awoke earlier this morning at around 07:00 and had things rolling pretty swiftly. Our pitch on the campsite was swarming with mosquitoes. I've lost count of the number of bites I've suffered.
A short cycle to a neighbouring village, Aubigny-sur-Nère, proved to be a good choice. We had a delicious breakfast from the local boulangerie and coffee from a café, where we found out that take-out coffee is a foreign concept to the French. The village / town itself is beautiful. It's so clean and tidy and the buildings look amazing. My grandparents gave me a map which they themselves have used to travel France. This place has been circled on the map and I can see why. I think we should decide our future destinations by looking for other circled locations. :-)
After yet more cycling we arrived at Briare and found the elusive aquaduct - "Pont du canal", where we took a fair few photos. After a few minutes the wind started stirring and a few grumbles of thunder could be heard in the distance. By the time we left, the storm was overhead, though the rain only lasted a few minutes before easing off to leave a pleasant afternoon.
Most of the cycling has been along the river Loire, and since passing through Briare we are now following it back out towards the coast. Jwan is just in Super U buying some provisions for dîner tonight and we should be staying in a campsite in a place called Sandillon, just outside of Orleans. Tomorrow we go to... je ne sais pas... We'll look at the map tonight and make a decision on where exactly to go. Im also hoping in future blog posts to include more pictures! A thousand words and all of that.
For now, a bientôt!
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