everyone knows you turn where the cows are i cannot believe you guys missed that
good start captain london paris on gravel day two turn at the cows turn where the cows are
140k today what's in store well i think it's only 139.9 that's fine yeah so way easier
no today's good we got everything today we've got
national park we've got a little mountain bike track we've got a natural pump track
we've got some steep gravelly climbs we've got some villagers we've got all sorts of malarkey
going on today and pizza for lunch which you're going to be very happy about i am already warm
off the track getting all the gravel in as much possible you ever see a piece of gravel ride it
like so today it's the biggest day on paper 140k lots of elevation 2000 meters
which is made up of lots of small quite steep quite gravely climbs it is made easier however
by the fact there's 60k of road which is actually a bit of a saving grace because
otherwise today would take an extremely long time surfaces like this alongside the edge of fields
and sandy bits are just so slow so hopefully the road sections in between so there's a nice break
get some fuel in get some water in and rest the legs pick up the average speed slightly and then
get you ready for the next section we're now 1k from the first water stop good thing because
i've run out of water i love this so much my favorite things to do is just riding
exploring new place in a country well i've been to france before obviously but i've never been here
and it's the absolute best way to see it on a bicycle
traveling slowly forces you to take in your surroundings i couldn't be happier so good
oh
that's good
great trail pushes you straight out into the main road
that was that was really good that was really good root forest here yes
no so what it means is there's a route through the forest a gravel route through the forest but also
it's a vent for your bra so if you're a lady you need to get some air through
then that's how you do it through the forest where it's more discreet
that's what i'm saying french isn't my first language but i'm pretty good at it
i'm just going to continue on we're going to head down towards golly
thanks captain
i don't know why they call it the gully
some of these times savage fair play to anybody doing this event they're so so steep and rocky
and you have to just ride full gas if you want to get through the stuff otherwise it's
unclip and never get back on probably should have written spds and not road pedals
we've now eaten peter which is a good thing because captain's now full so he
won't bite me again we've got 20k of more tech stuff and climbing and then we have
40k a flat very much looking forward to that which doesn't count and uh bridge and a bridge
everyone's very tired so am i right refuelled had a little nap feeling much better the challenge
for this afternoon is going to be avoiding the thunderstorm which is forecast for the whole
of this area and the town that we're going to so unless we're very lucky i think we might get a bit
damp and i don't have a rain cape let's get back on the road faster ride the less wet we'll get
done the switcheroo rolling out with a different group after lunch
we'll have to find out if jack is a better ride captain than captain himself just a better
person i'm a bad uh ride captain that's just because i've been raised badly for my parents
your parents who also happen to be a captain who's your dad don't blame my mum she's great
okay right pizza the french man sorted us out uh there's always a bit of a struggle when you
try and get a vegetarian or not meat version of a food in france he tried to put jambon on it
we got there in the end he really did sort us out and legs are feeling absolutely fresh now
this is what you would call siri serendipitous look at all this crew lost you for a while we
found thousands of people to hang out with the other people look at all the people up there yeah
why oh they've left us oh i've been dropped again you have you had a nice day i've had a lovely day
yeah how good was the bridge uh uh yeah one of the best bridges i've ever seen out there with uh
golden gate bridge it's a good bridge isn't it