So its day three and here is the route. Yesterday I made the 20KM on a slit tyre, so hoping to make it to Bayeux to get a new tyre. Have found a couple of cycle shops.
Here is the route. You will need to scroll the pictures to see the map!
So great to see such great quality cycle tracks. Given that I am on the road with a split tyre, I appreciate the very smooth surface. The tyre manages to survive the 10KM ride to Bayeux,,,,, BUT >>>>>>>>>>
The cycle shop is closed. I am there at 1100 when it’s supposed to be open at 1000! I cycle a further 3KM and find that the next shop is also shut! Then it kind of dawned on me that perhaps is a public holiday? They have loads during May!.
So its back on the road. Another 20 KM to Caen. Tyre still holding out. I am heading to Decathlon which is open. This is not the first time I have been saved by this amazing chain of stores.
And here is my bike with a new tyre, so from here I can quicken the pace.
Now, take a look at the picture I have circled in the background of the bike shot. It is Yarmouth Pier where according to “Facebook then and now”, I was in Yarmouth exactly 1 year ago!.
The remaining distance from Caen to Lisseaux was a good ride but with a rather brutal hill at the end of the 102 KM ride.