Friday 24 August 2012

Done!

Grabbed another day off as our people will be only just arriving at the coast and we don't want to arrive too soon before they have a chance to get themselves settled.
Went for a look around St Maximin then and back to the site for lunch and into the pool.
Slept Monday night without the fly sheet to keep a bit cooler and then up and away.
Bought still warm bread at the first village and ate it with jam by the village fountain. We'd bought stickies for breakfast already so we saved those for lunch.
Passed the original stopping town of Rocbaron and climbed past and over the col. We detoured to Cuers to take in a scenic road and added a few kms on to the day.
Stopped at Pierrefeu on the recommendation of a couple of Dutch girls at the last site. Unfortunately we didn't share their opinion. The site was a bit run down with poorish facilities and fairly dear at 23€.
The pool was ok and the bar did food so we had sausages and chips which we took back to the plot eat. That and a Pastis for 12€ for both of us, which was good.
We decided to ride again the next day and do the final leg rather than wait for Thursday as we originally planned.
We got away by 8.30 rode into Pierrefeu to buy breakfast and lunch and then back past the site to hit the route.

The main road was a gentle descent to the coast and the coastal cycle track, but that seemed to be a bit dull and maybe busy. So we decided to finish with a proper ride so took a route that would take us over the Maures hills. We didn't go over the highest bit but it was a good climb up and over to join the coast at La Londe.
From there a surprisingly hilly cycle path took us to the last bit of road to our destination.
Had fun trying to get a photo of the two of us at the gates, with me running across the road to set the self timer between cars. I should have used the remote.
Booked onto the site and got our security bracelets, found our friends and family and popped some corks.
So a couple of weeks or so here then on to Narbonne.
I'll let this all settle for a bit then try to get a bit of perspective about the trip so far, but it's clear that it has been worthwhile in so many ways.





And we're not done yet.

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