Today we rode 70km from Nantes along Loire a Velo and it was lovely. We FINALLY realised velo means bike, so a velodrome is a bikeodrome!! But French call horse racing tracks Hipodromes so does that mean they call horses HIPPOS? We met a cycling club of old people and 1 guy was desperate for a ride on the tandy so he got one!!
Next day we rode a long... long... long way to Thouars !!146km!! 
We were soooooo shattered when we got into the town and guess
what? The Hostel was SHUT!! Luckily 2 people who were staying
there directed us to a Hotel near the train station. People at
Hotel were lovely and gave mum a bottle of vino for FREE!! Not quite as big
as the one in the photo though!!!! Unfortunately for mum!!!
Next day we rode from Thouars to Montriel Bellay and then back to Thouars! Not very far at all though! When we got back to the YHA we went to cook dinner and... NO POTS. NO PANS. NO BOWLS. NO SPOONS. NO NOTHING!! A strange man staying at the hostel gave us a pot and a spoon that was his and we ate out of chickpea and diced tomatoe tins!! Wont be back to this 1!!
Next day we rode from Thouars to Montriel Bellay and then back to Thouars! Not very far at all though! When we got back to the YHA we went to cook dinner and... NO POTS. NO PANS. NO BOWLS. NO SPOONS. NO NOTHING!! A strange man staying at the hostel gave us a pot and a spoon that was his and we ate out of chickpea and diced tomatoe tins!! Wont be back to this 1!!
The next day we rode from Thouars to Tours! We saw Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Its beautiful!
Last third of ride was on the river but we had a headwind. Typical!! But very nice ride. YHA massive! We rode to Blois the next day and it was easy but we had a HEADWIND!! Rode up a massive hill to get groceries!! YHA is very small. We met a girl called Marianne, from Quebec, Canada, who is staying here. I also made friends with one of the local cats.
On our second day in Blois we decided to catch the bus into town and do some laundry and other things we needed to do! We caught the train to Brive La Gaillarde and rode to Beaulieu Sur Dordogne, which was about 40km, but the first 12 k was straight up, then after a brief flat bit, the next 18 k was also uphill. Only got to enjoy about 10 k downhill on the other side.
BSD very cute medieval township, and the hostel here has been used as accommodation of some type for as long as history can show. The visitors book has so many wonderful comments about the hostel and the people here, so we hope to be able to stay longer than originally planned, and do some day rides out of BSD. Tonight we are the only people staying at the hostel. Cool. THE END
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