Monday 2 July 2012

Day 11

The bridge - and it is free, for bikes!
Mileage 65 miles.  104 km Total 381 miles  (609 km)  La Flotte  to   L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer Good day weatherwise, headed back over the bridge to La Rochelle.  Managed to do a circuit or 2 until we found the correct route which was along the river then a canal heading towards Marans. Route was well signed,  with apologies for the unfinished bits. A French cyclist warned us about one particular stretch which was very hard, but avoidable. We took his advice and were soon in the Vendee.  The Vendee is very flat and windy.  All day the signage had been very good, so when we reached a junction which had the La Velodessee symbol on but pointed to Lucon we followed. Unfortunately this proved to be wrong. Lucon had hotels - all closed, restaurants - all closed, even the campsite proved very uninviting.  To add to this time was moving on, we then had another spoke go on the back wheel. This is begining  to cause concern, we only have one spare spoke now. We fixed that and set off towards the coast. Finally found a campsite at L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, with a snack bar at around 20.00. A long day, extra miles and concern over the wheel.  No doubt all will look better in the morning.

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