Another scorcher – at one point we passed a thermometer that read 37 Celsius, which was later converted for me to over 98. No wonder the hills seemed so brutal!! So brutal in fact, that after another fantastic picnic (todays fave component was a rabbit terrine) under the shade of a tree next to the Chateau Monbazillac, several of us took a glorious nap. After 25k of biking, some of which was climbling, we needed it. The rest of the day was somewhat flat, but 30k in that heat was rough. Pretty, but rough.
Tomorrow, Susan and I are having “ladies day” which consists of riding at a leisurely pace, lunch at a restaurant along the way, and lounging at the pool once we arrive. The boys will be climbing extra hills in the heat to prove their manliness or some such. We, on the other hand, have nothing to prove.