Day 79 – Roannes Saint Mary to Aurillac

Thursday July 21, 2011, 22 km (13 miles) – Total so far: 2,857 km (1,775 miles)

It wasn’t raining when we woke up so we finally made the break from Roannes-Saint-Mary.

The ride started with a long steep downhill run, followed by a long steep uphill run. As I was struggling with the uphill run, a road cyclist came hurtling down the hill from the opposite direction and clapped at me. Insane, there is no way I would be taking my hands off my handlebars at that speed.

After about 10 kms we came across a Decathlon (our favourite store in the whole wide world).

I bought myself a cheap 6 euro raincoat as my 85 pound endura one leaks.

We arrived in Aurillac after only 15 kms, but again it was threatening to rain so we decided to seek shelter for the night. We booked into the Best Western restaurant for 88 euros including breakfast. A bit more expensive than Roannes-Saint-Mary, but still nice to have a roof over our head.