So, day three and we had decided a short cool down ride was in order to enjoy the bikes for the last day. Google had promised 100% chance of precipitation, but we had our secret weapon – Matthew Salmon, truly a sun god. I have been cycling with Matthew for three years now and only been rained on once (and we’ve done two days in Wales, similar forecast, 100% precipitation, we had all of 5 drops!) We let Simon loose on the map – always a mistake, and he had found some ruins to visit followed by a gentle pootle through the vineyards of the Rhone valley with the promise of wine tasting – what could go wrong?? After a leisurely get up, croissant and baguette, we set off in the opposite direction to the last two days. We start down some quite steep slopes – always a little worrying as what goes down also goes up. Legs tired from the last two days and my butt feeling like it had been sat on a bed of sharp rocks the last two days, it seemed a strange “ea...
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