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<\/a>Nice cycle ride beside some windmills<\/p><\/div>\n
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!<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
We only cycled 35 kms today but we are both pretty knackered.<\/p>\n