Day 3 - Montjean sur Loire to Saumur

I took the morning off from cycling to go see the Apocalypse Tapestry in the Chateau at Angers with Trisha. We had a lovely touristy morning. And it was great to spend some time with Trish.

The mileage today was 54 miles (I did about 20). It didn't rain, in fact, the sun came out in the afternoon!! (For a few minutes.)

Derek and I changed places at lunch - I cycled, he spent the afternoon with Trish. To our great surprise we cycled up hills! We thought the route would be only along the river in the valley, but today Mike took us away from the river and up the side of the valley for a few miles.

Arriving in Saumur we got a bit confused by all the cycle routes (oh I wish the UK had that problem), but a couple of Canadians showed us the way. It was great to hear a bit of Canadian twang again.

Everyone has gone out to dinner and a walk around around Saumur, but I have a nasty sore throat so I'm staying in with hot tea and room service. It gives me a chance to catch up on the blog. Sorry if my words are kinda boring, I'm not really funny at the best of times, and tonight I seem to be nursing a cold.

Tomorrow night everyone is going to contribute to the blog and we've got some funny people in this crew. They were going to write captions tonight, but I wasn't up to it. So tune in tomorrow for more adventures as we cycle the Loire!!


The view in the morning from our hotel in Monjean
(it was called le Fief de Cordonieres, I think).

Brian and Mike before we set off.

Senoritas waiting to be serenaded.

Le crew

 Chateau d'Angers



One of the gardens at the chateau.

A demon tempts an angel on one of the Apocalypse Tapestries.

The tapestries are the largest in the world - over a 100 metres long!

 

View from the Chateau d'Angers.

 

One of the many mideival buildings outside the chateau in Angers.



Breast art on the Loire.

Mike and all met a couple of Canadians from BC, who were cycling to the Black Sea.
They were in their 60s, loaded down with half a house of baggage and they
still had trouble keeping up with them.

More Loire art.



Taking a welcome break on a wall by the Loire.



Joe snoozes while he waits for our lunch baguettes which
Derek and Trish kindly fetched for us.

 

Les garcons



Nikki poses for the paparazzi.

 

Graham and his chapeau.



The sun finally breaks through!



Brian takes a tumble.

 

A welcome beer at the end of a long day.

 



The view from my hotel room (the Mercure) in Saumur.

The view from my room when I finally finish the blog. See ya tomorrow!