Thursday 4 September
This was the 5th day of the final 10 day stint of our trip to just south of Dijon. There is no rest day planned within these 10 days. Today was a long and hard and very hot day.
We were together for the whole day again = another tarmac day. The plan was to simply get down to it, which we did.
We left Langres behind us and dipped into the valley to one side of the town. It was pleasantly flat along a disused railway line for quite a few miles, but then the rolling hills returned. We had plenty of goodies for snacks and lunch today, a result of staying in a town ie supermarkets and patisseries being easily at hand and most importantly, open.
I walked with bike alongside me for the majority of the day. This was partly because I found it easy ( my increasing fitness over recent months must contribute to this ), but also because I wanted to keep Tony company on these long hard roads, and try to help the day go by quicker for him with my entertaining and pleasurable chit chat. I didn't take offence to the fact that he didn't talk much to me…..
We had arranged to stay at a B&B at Coublanc, but we could only check in after 6pm. We sat for half and hour in a bus shelter ( for the shade ) before checking in. The accommodation was perfect, and well worth the long walk to get there. We had a very well equipped en-suite room on the upper floor of what will have been a barn in days gone by. We had use of a utility / kitchen room below and of the inside / outside bbq + dining area complete with hammock. We had big bowls of a rice meal for tea on this lovely summer’s evening. We were in the land of nod before 10pm.
Distance - 18.50 miles
Distance since Helmsley - 919.85 miles
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