Wednesday June 8, 2022, 53 km (33 miles) – Total so far: 105 km (65 miles)

We had a much better sleep last night. I put our picnic blanket over us and it was much warmer.

We had only planned to do 35 kms today but the numbers reversed themselves and we ended up doing 53. As well as that, Google and Mike’s GPS were conspiring against us, sending us down gravel roads and through paddocks full of sheep.

We started the day by navigating to a chemist which was 13 kms away as we needed bug spray. The sun beamed down on us but it was still a bit chilly. Then came along a big hill and we soon warmed up.

We arrived at the pharmacy and it was the first town we’d seen in 3 days that had shops. So we bought a baguette, pain au chocolate, Camembert, strawberries, and a tin of tuna. Then we sat and had a coffee at a cafe.

Feeling refreshed we continued on, cycling through quiet country lanes with very little traffic. Then Google started being mean to us. Mike had been having trouble with his Garmin GPS so we were using Google to navigate. She sent us down a rutted gravel path. We noticed the Camino signs and the GR223 comes through here. It would be a fantastic walk, but it’s not so much fun heading off road on fully loaded bikes.

We sacked Google and used the Garmin instead and it immediately sent us into a paddock. We followed a narrow trail with long grass either side, brushing at our legs as we cycled. All I could think of was a YouTube video I had watched where cycle tourists were picking ticks off each other at the end of the day. But we made it through tick free and got back onto the main road.

Mike then gave the Garmin another chance to navigate us to a campground. But he took us to a camp that was closed! Okay, I guess that’s not the Garmin’s fault. But it was 4pm and we were both shattered. Thankfully it was only another 45 mins to the next camp.

We arrived in the town and were excited to see a butcher shop. I salivated at the thought of a juicy steak for dinner with a nice healthy salad. But the butcher was closed for a half day on Wednesday. And there was no other shop here.

We found the camp and By the time we set up camp had showers etc it was nearly 8pm. We reached to the bottom of our panniers for emergency rations and cooked some pasta, smothered with a tomato sauce. We really need to get some decent food into us.

We’re camping by the sea again. We considered watching the sunset, but it doesn’t set until after 10pm so we went to bed instead.

If you’d like to follow our adventures on YouTube, you can do so here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP03_iOV9QrtahRxRPBTVB9ZTNOmdizn