Rob accompanied me up a short climb to a view of the Mediterranean this morning after offering to bring my bags to the hotel by car. He and Emma have been a lot of fun to spend time with. Rob floated up the hill, I struggled, then he rode me off his wheel on the flat. Little sympathy for someone who has ridden every day for the last 9 days or so!
I had cunningly booked a hotel close to all the bike shops here. It turns out one of them is the view from my hotel window, and they immediately came up trumps with a HUGE box. WIN. They said “collect at 2pm” so I had time to pop to Decathlon and see if they had a smaller box, lose my glasses bag (sad times) and buy some trunks for the pool I discovered at the hotel – Rob had my mine of course and they were only 5 euros.
The bike shop sold me the empty, used box for 15 euros (cheeky I thought) but included tape, which was a total win. It is so big the bike will go in with both wheels on and be a very quick unpack at the other end.
It is blistering today but I want to complete the coast to coast so will cycle the 16km to the beach later and maybe have dinner there, though the options near the hotel look pretty solid and I could shower first. Lets see!
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