Epic Cycle to Morocco!: Day 5: Lac de Sillé to La Menitré (banks of the river Loire)

Wednesday, 6 June 2007

Day 5: Lac de Sillé to La Menitré (banks of the river Loire)

max speed: 30.5 mph
average: 11mph
distance: 75 miles (again over 70... becoming a problem.)
7hrs 30mins cycling time
temperature up to 33°C! hot stuff!!!

long long day!!! got tired and started losing things including matt's temper (had a tantrum and smashed his sunglasses on the ground...oops!) tantrum by the way was at himself not at claire!

Was mostly downhill, and we passed through some lovely towns, so no time to stop which was a shame. hardly any photos - sorry.
But the campsite was lovely on the banks of the river. very calming.

Ooo and we had green vegetable risotto with tomato, courgette and freshly podded peas

someone pls tell us what this crop is!!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: i think it might be potato!!; 8 June 2007 at 03:13
Anonymous said...: Hey guys. Have no ıdea ıf Im doıng thıs wrıte blog ınstructıons hard to read ın turkısh! Anyway glad to see trıp seems to be goıng well. I saw my fırst turtle a couple of nıghts ago ıt was amazıng! I get to put tags on and everythıng too. Managıng to stay up all nıght we work 8.30 to 5am feels serreal walkıng up and down a beach all nıght can get really cold about 2-3.
Very hot today!
Hot youre havıng fun and drınkıng lots of water!
Jennıx; 8 June 2007 at 07:09
Anonymous said...: er... just wondering how long you think it is going to take you?!?!?; 10 June 2007 at 09:23
Anonymous said...: Good words.; 10 November 2008 at 04:06

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We also have a lovely article in the RAC magazine (the RAC being our biggest sponsor), thanks RAC!

The Wilts and Glos Standard did a very flattering article on us, saying we were going to cycle from Cheltenham to Cape Town in 6 weeks... after half an hour's phone interview, Matt managed to get across the distance we were cycling (3000km), but they got slightly confused about the destination!

Our appearance in the Daily Mail is starting to pay off after all! We've had two responses from people who have seen our photo, phoned up the Mail and got our contact details so they could send us a cheque for WaterAid! Yipee!

We're now planning to try and get in the Glos Echo again, or maybe the Cotswold Journal, just before we set off saying people can keep track of our progress by following our blog...

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Hello and thanks for visiting our blog.

~This June and July we're going to cycle from Cheltenham (England) to Morocco. ~It will take about 6 weeks to cover about 2500 miles, and we'll be completely unsupported and self-sufficient. We're going to camp and cook our own food, so our bikes will have the added weight of a tent, sleeping bags, camping stove, food and masses of water. ~We decided to raise money for WaterAid because of the amazing work they do in many developing countries around the world, and in Africa in particular. Limitless safe drinking water is something we westerners can take for granted, but millions of people make do with a meagre allowance of dirty, often diseased water. Currently 1.1 billion people are still without safe drinking water. ~When on our expedition, we will really have to think about where the next drink of water is coming from so that we can cover the miles every day - this aspect of long-distance cycling made us think of WaterAid. ~WaterAid is a fantastic charity, so please support us in any way you can. Donations can be made from our 'justgiving' page (see above). Anything you can donate will be hugely appreciated! Thanks a lot, Claire & Matt.

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Day 5: Lac de Sillé to La Menitré (banks of the river Loire)

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