The Canal

We left our gite early in the morning and cycled back to town. We nipped into the church (yesterday's blip) to have a look. It was rebuilt after the warm and though tiny has stunning windows in the most amazing colours. I'm still not very good at photographing them so they are not today's blip.

We cycled along the canal for a short while until we arrived at Blain where we met our family for lunch. Today's blip is the seat of the picnic table we had lunch at. After lunch we went though town to find a shop to buy dinner (we're at another gite tonight) then we returned to the canal.

We left the gite at wonderfully home made sign that said "gite d'etapes 2 km >". We followed it for about 50 metres and then it said "gite d'etapes 1.5 km >". We then followed some increasingly rougher and uncomfortable tracks until we arrived at the farm where the gite d'etapes is. The farmer showed us round and we settled in.

To our amazement while waiting for the water to boil for my cup of tea I noticed a box of Mille Bornes in the gite which as a coincidence as my better half had being saying during the ride that it was her favourite game from her childhood. I've been counting the kilometre stones off as we've been cycling along so it reminded her of the game. We had to play the game, even though she couldn't remember the rules and we the box didn't have any!

(back blip - I will catch up eventually and link to the rest of the pictures)