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59

Allègre to La Bastide Puylaurent

Monday 18th July. 100km, avg 14km/hr, max 55km/hr, 7hrs riding but 10hr journey.

This is the route that Sylvain helped work out.  I would mean that instead of going via Le Puy-en-Velay, le Monastier and Pradelles, which would be much further and with much more climbing, I would be taking a more direct line, with less ascent yet still quiet.  I did mean I had about 10km from Coubladour to Bains on the D906 which was a bit busier but apart from that small section everything else was very quiet and scenic.

If you're interested in the route in more detail you can zoom in and change views using my mapmyride route.  Though I only map as far as Langogne, from there the route is the same as that mapped on page one (http://tinyurl.com/francehols2011)

60

Wakey, wakey

I opened the front of the tent to see this.  It was one of the few times I'd had a pitch that combined all the things I mentioned earlier, one of which was "early morning sun".

As I got packed up Philippe Lasnier, who'd arrived later on Sunday afternoon, was also up and we got to have a bit more of a chat.  I'd met Philippe the previous year when he'd shown me where the campsite was to be found in Moissac.  He'd come up from Agen with a friend, both on ICE trikes.

He had a fairly complete setup, though heavy I guess for that.  He had smart little gadgets like a calibrated spirit level to tell him the gradient of the hill he was on, solar panels, a trailer, hand-made, a roomy tent with a large tarp to make a cooking and seating area.  He even had a small ukulele which serenaded me to sleep the previous evening.  Philippe has his own site with some good pictures in case you're interested.