Day 10 – Dieppe to Le Treport

Phew, what a day. It was a bit of an effort to get moving after a days break. We didn’t leave the hotel until about 11am and it was hot. It was our first really hot day and involved a lot of hills. Why is it the really hot days happen just after I have washed all the sweat from my clothes? I dunno, but I recall this happening on our last cycle trip as well!

We did a lot of pushing up hills today and sweated buckets. I was secretly enjoying the heat, but Mike not so much. He overheated on a big uphill and started to struggle. He usually has heaps more energy than me. I was really concerned as there was no shade to stop and rest. When we finally made it to the top there was a restaurant and Mike pretty much collapsed in a chair in the shade. I grabbed us a couple of cokes and a pain au chocolat, and he felt much better after that. Phew.

As we cycled into the next town, the temperature dropped and there were flashes of forked lightning all around us. We could tell it was going to chuck it down any minute.

All the hotels were on the waterfront but they looked really grotty. We had a look at one hotel but I didn’t really fancy it. It was pretty cheap and nasty. We cycled about 1 km to another one as it was starting to rain. When we arrived it chucked it down. We decided to take the room anyway. It was pretty nice with a view.

We wandered into town around 7pm for an early dinner. We picked a restaurant based on how full it was and it turned out to be the cheapest as well. We are both a bit sick of seafood, having had it for the last 10 days, so we both went for a meat option (ok – I had prawns as a starter).

We only cycled 35 kms today but we are both pretty knackered.