End of Day 2

Cheif biker White reports:

At the end of 2 gruelling days, we sit in a camp site just south of Le Mans, with a thunderstorm predicted for later tonight.

At the beginning of day 1 in France, the first 30 miles was somewhat leisurely on long straight d roads. The only slight problem was getting clear of St. Malo. What was to follow was not what we had forecast for the first day. A combination of small roads that were melting in the afternoon heat and a constant flow of hills made the job harder than we had expected. We overcame these conditions to arrive at a campsite in the fairly remote town called Andouille around 80 miles later (after some at best interesting map reading) costing 2 euros per person, after almost 10 hours on the road.


The good news is that this effort left us with an easier job today, when, after a productive morning, we covered about 70 miles arriving at the campsite in Luche Pringe at around 5 o'clock. Day 3 is a biggy, so we are planning on getting an early night in as preparation. We plan to start early and get around 50 miles under our belts in the hours leading up to lunch (hopefully its not raining) . We can then deal with the remaining 40 miles at our own pace given the situation that we find ourselves in.

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