Charity Bicycle Ride: France | Olonne-sur-Mer to Saint-Andre-des-Eaux
My latest charity bicycle ride update for Wednesday, 25th June 2008, Olonne-sur-Mer to Saint-Andre-des-Eaux. 95 Miles. It’s been a hard ride today with a strong headwind, which became even more of a problem when I crossed the bridge at Saint Nazaire. Unlike yesterday when I crossed to Rochefort on the transporter bridge, today I was allowed on the main bridge. And I wished I wasn’t! It was pretty scary.
The bridge was like cycling on a motorway, on a very narrow hard shoulder, with cars and lorries whizzing past within inches of me. And with the strong wind, which was even worse on the bridge. It took a lot of concentration and strength to stay in my lane. I now know why I bought a spare pair of pants!
Much of my day is spent thinking about what I’m going to eat for supper, and today was no different. So when I stopped off at the supermarket this afternoon, I brought the ingredients to cook spag bol. And after showering tonight, I settled down to cook supper and went to grab the ingredients.
Mincemeat check, onion check, garlic check, mushrooms check, bacon check, tomatoes check, tomatoes! Where were the tomatoes? Bloody idiot, I’d only forgotten to buy them, doh! It still tasted nice, but maybe not quite the spaghetti bolognese I was expecting, more a case of mince, fried with onions and mushrooms! But it’s all good fun, and I’m enjoying myself. It certainly beats two weeks on a beach, I think!
Tour Information
It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:
- Photos: See my photos on Flickr
- The route: View my journey through France
- Tour: Check out my tour page
- Book: Buy the book of the tour
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