Today seemed like such hard work. The day started out freezing cold. We lay in bed waiting for the sun to come up and warm up our tent. But it was shaded by the nearby houses and didn’t get to our tent until 8am.

The tent had stayed reasonably dry overnight so it didn’t take long to pack up and be on our way. Our first stop, the local pub for an espresso. The shop was open today as well so we got a baguette, two pain au raisins and some ham.

Most of the day we followed the coast along quiet country roads with the occasional busy road thrown in to keep it interesting.

After 40 kms we were both so shattered so we’ve found a place to camp for only 11 euros a night . Still no toilet paper but they gave us some when we asked. It’s like France hasn’t bothered to change it’s bad habits since COVID. As well as having no loo paper, there is no hand soap in camp grounds.

We haven’t had a decent meal in the four days we’ve been cycling and I’ve been constantly hungry. Possibly why we are so tired too. Still no shop to buy food so we’re going to find a restaurant. It keeps spitting with rain so it might be a wet one.

Just got back from the restaurant and feel so good after a decent sized meal. Mike had a 300 gram steak and I had 3 large lamb chops with chips and salad. It was a huge meal and we ate it all.

Hopefully it won’t be so cold tonight as we still haven’t found anywhere to by a blanket or sleeping bag liner.

That’s it for now. Bon nuit.