Run Away

We left Tiers at 8.45 pursued by hordes of mosquitoes, each of us nursing scores of bites. They appeared at dusk before we had finished eating and clearing up and attacked us remorselessly. They were waiting for us in the early morning light to finish us off.
We managed to pedal in between the scratching, which is still no better, and it maybe worse, as I write this.
Destination Ambert 58 km and uphill all day except for one down after a fearsome climb.
Not so sure of the route planning today as it went for a large part of the day along a fairly main road, but there wasn't an obvious alternative without adding a lot of distance and climbing. Anyway it wasn't too bad and we were given plenty of space by most of the traffic.
The hottest day so far, we carried extra water, even the wine bladder was pressed into water carrying service All adding to the weight though.
Lunch by in a field by the river Dore. We both splashed but stopped short of swimming.
Another rest day tomorrow, a shuttle bus runs to the town market from the site in the morning so that should be good. I must be getting old.