To be continued....

Here we are on the Royan ferry crossing the Gironde estuary. It's day 5 and France is passing rapidly beneath our wheels. The going has been flat and fast for the last few days although despite that it's still taking us most of 8-9 hours with rest stops to complete a day. We are getting into a routine though and working together on the road to ease things along.

We have one casualty so far, Oscar has sadly got anterior knee pain and the biggest joint effusions I think I have ever seen so he has been off the bike since yesterday morning. We miss him on the road and it's breaking my heart to see him sat in the support car. However he is young and needs healthy knees more than he needs to get to Gibraltar and therefore rest is the order of the day.

As for the rest of us, our muscles are reminding us of the miles they have done and finding a comfortable position on the saddle is becoming increasingly difficult. Morale is high though and we can all laugh at how ragged we are beginning to look. We may not have saddle bags but we all have some serious baggage in the eye area.

The support teams have been amazing with picnics to die for each day. We don't want for anything. They are working tirelessly to keep us fed and watered and that's no mean feat when we are burning more than 5000 calories a day.

Must go the ferry is almost across and we will write more of the route and add photos and video soon. Perhaps Biarritz will be the best place to catch up. In the interim we are focussing on riding and recovering each day. We haven't managed more than 6 hours sleep a night yet so it has to take priority

Bye for now, back later with more news and updates.


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Location:Rue de la Galiote,Royan,France