SO hot today - up to 45 degrees in the afternoon. but only 47 km - which was just as well in view of the heat.
Much of the trip was over reclaimed land in the Bay of Aiguillon and in fact you could see on the map which parts had been reclaimed when as slices were labelled 'prise 1, 2' etc. The Dutch again of course! It did mean that the ride was a bit disappointing from the point of view of scenery - though it was interesting to cycle past a rocky escarpment in the middle of seemingly
endless flat plains and realise that this was the original coastline.We took a couple of hours out in the middle of the day to have a doze in the shade since we were concerned about arriving too early. All the same, when we arrived we were superheated and more than glad to sit in the shade in the garden and drink the cold drink offered by our landlord.
Really lovely bed and breakfast. The owners are Parisienne ex-journalists who spend the summer offering bed and breakfast, spring and autumn guiding birdwatching tours in the Baie d'Aiguillon and winter leading nature and art tours in Africa.
They seem to have it sorted!
Total 525km
