Recovery ride.
After yesterday's exertions we elected to have an easy day so offed to Carhaix for a return visit to Decathalon where I made some more impulse purchases. So only 50 km today, via café au lait and biere stops. Last night at Huelgoat so we are off out for a good feed.
Another day at the seaside. The wind blew us there up hill and down to the north Brittany coast where we refuelled with Breton Far (flan). The return was not so much fun into a 30 mph headwind for 50 km. Legs completely knackered now.
La Plage
Today we went to the seaside. But not before we watched the start of the Huelgoat triathalon - the girls at home missed out bigtime as 200 finely honed male triathaletes passed us in wet skintight lycra (there were a few female entrants too . . .) As it turned out JJ decided not to run and elected instead to take a rest day as we departed for the coast via Sizun and Daoulas. The sun shone most of the time for a 109 km lumpy ride which included the last part of the tri course on our return, though alas for us we did not win a prize
Put arm warmers and jacket on and set forth. Took jacket off, took arm warmers off and put jacket back on. Took jacket off, put arm warmers back on. Took arm warmers off. Put arm warmers on. Rolled arm warmers down, rolled arm warmers up, rolled them down, rolled them up. Took arm warmers off and put jacket on. Took jacket off. Arrived back home. This in beteen a ride down to Chateauneuf du faou and along the Nantes-Brest canal for a few miles. In fact it hardly rained, just threatened to constantly and the sun shone simultaneously with showers and 25 mph wind.
Subsequently had a great meal of potage de lgumes, moules et frites, and tarte tatin at the Hotel du Lac. There is a triathalon here tomorrow so we have entered JJ in the super-vets category after preparing him with a special high carbohydrate meal accompanied by 'secret supplements' - fingers crossed he will not be stripped of his title several years hence.
Bon soir
