Just a few problems

Ten Days to go
Distance travelled: 61.2 miles
Time in the saddle: 5hrs 53 mins
Overall distance covered: 4630 miles

It was raining this morning when I woke up, which was very early. I decided to stay in my tent to see if it stopped, which it did. The facilities at the camp were very good and the toilets had seat on them. It was still a little weird sitting next to someone having a poo. There is complete silence until someone pulls a chain then all hell lets loose. It’s very funny…I bet they all wondered what I was laughing at….small things etc.
I set off with great intentions and a spring in my step…well peddle. Mike, my friend phones me pretty early and t was great to hear from him. He asked me how it was going and I said that everything was fine. I opened my mouth too soon as I always do. As soon as he put the phone down I noticed a wobble on my back wheel. I had to look for somewhere that had a bike shop. I cycled along the main road. There is more chance of seeing a shop. After about ten miles I stopped at a petrol station and asked a gorgeous girl if she could speak English…..no. I persevered, I had nowhere to go and desperately needed some kind of cycle repair shop…..anyway her voice was so sexy. I did my best impression of a broken bicycle . I think she was impressed when I did the bell. Eventually with pieces of paper and a pen, some remarkable impressions and my eyelashes fluttering like a humming birds wings I got my direction and I was off. It was only about two miles away and it was a fitness/sports shop. They discovered that two spokes on my back wheel had snapped….fat arse.
After a while I was on my way again. Bordeaux is a beautiful city, another one I would love to re-visit. Getting into the city was easy….getting out again was harder. After being sent in the wrong direction about three times I eventually made it over the river and heading North….ish. I had a puncture, which didn’t bother me . The sun was shining and I hadn’t had one for a while so I quite enjoyed playing handyman and fixing it. My tent was wet through from last night so I decided to have a short day and find a hotel. I’m in a place called La Mont…I think. ….that could be a brand name for something as far as I’m concerned. I will have a better idea tomorrow when I know which way I am going. It is supposed to have the Internet, which it does but the network is really slow and keeps going off. I can’t upload anything onto my web site at the moment so it will have to be another day I am afraid. I will try first thing to see if it gets better.
I’m tired and I want to go to bed….there’s a song there somewhere.