Surtainville to Pirouette -53 kms

We had a much better sleep last night. I put our picnic blanket over us and it was much warmer.

We had only planned to do 35 kms today but the numbers reversed themselves and we ended up doing 53. As well as that, Google and Mikes GPS were conspiring against us, sending us down gravel roads and through paddocks full of sheep.

We started the day by navigating to a chemist which was 13 kms away as we needed bug spray. The sun was shining but it was a bit chilly. Then we hit the hills and we soon warmed up.

We arrived at the pharmacy and it was the first town we’d seen in 3 days that had shops. So we bought a baguette, pain au chocolate, Camembert, strawberries, and a tin of tuna. Then we sat and had a coffee.

Feeling refreshed we continued on, cycling through quiet country lanes with very little traffic. Then Google started being mean to us. Mike had been having trouble with his Garmin GPS so we were using Google to navigate. She sent us down a rutted gravel path. We noticed the Camino signs and the GR229 comes through here. It would be lovely walking it but not so great cycling it.

So we decided to sack Google and use the Garmin. He then proceeded to send us into a paddock. The trail was a narrow overgrown path. All I could think of was a YouTube video I watched of cycle tourists picking ticks off each other. But we made it through tick free and got back onto the main road.

Mike then gave the Garmin another chance to navigate us to a campground. But he took us to a camp that was closed! Okay, I guess that’s not the Garmin’s fault. But it was 4pm and we were both shattered. Thankfully it was only another 45 mins to the next camp.

We arrived in the town and were excited to see a butcher shop. I salivated at the thought of a juicy steak for dinner with a nice healthy salad. But the butcher was closed for a half day on Wednesday. And there was no other shop here.

We found the camp and By the time we set up camp had showers etc it was nearly 8pm. We Cooked some pasta and a tomato sauce and that was it.

We’re camping by the sea again. We considered watching the sunset, but it doesn’t set until after 10pm so we went to bed instead.