The team fell asleep last night to the smooth grooves of some old school Craig David, courtesy of Matty's ipod. This must have settled us well as we got up and off to an early start this morning. As could be expected, the knee is just not holding together due to the repetitive cycling and began to hurt within the first few miles but, so far, is not sore enough for me (Donnie) to call it a day. Due to the fact we're crossing fairly flat ground there hasn't been a huge amount of strain on it yet but once we hit Spain the hills may become a problemo.
After sitting in the square in Lucon, taking in some of the national day celebrations we headed out across flat fields towards La Rochelle. On paper this should have been an easy cycle but due to the strong headwinds it took a lot more effort than expected.
(La Rochelle) and a video of Ben navigating his way through La Rochelle, really beautiful old town...
The team arrived in La Rochelle to find a music festival was setting up there for the week. This might have been a good thing if all the campsites in the area were not fully booked by people attending the festival. This meant that, instead of having a well deserved night out in La Rochelle for our day off, we instead had to head round the coast to a small town called Aytre, where we camped for the night and had a lie in the next day.
My day off consisted of sitting in a cafe on the Quay with ice on the knee and writing the blog but the rest of the team headed off for a tour of La Rochelle. I'm writing this just now whilst sitting in a hostel in San Sebastien whilst the team cycle here from Bordeaux (long story) so they could probably tell you more about what they got up to once they catch up with me! However, I can tell you that Chris and Matty dressed up as cows and ran an assault course to get a free burger and came back with a buzzer that shouts "mmmm Charal" (the name of the burger comapany) whenever it tips on it's side...with Matty carrying this in his panniers it probably won't take long before the buzzer ends up under a lorry!
(For more info on our journey check out http://www.cycle-to-sahara.co.uk/)
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