Friday June 24, 2022, 17 km (11 miles) – Total so far: 5,696 km (3,539 miles)

Not such an early start today, as only a short ride into Tours.

Again the route was mainly flat through fields of wheat or sometimes fields of sunflowers, woods or beside the river.

We did stop at a water mill with a unique system to raise or lower the water wheel so it could be used no matter what the level of the river was.

We arrived at the hotel too early, but it was too hot to wander around town. We deposited the bikes into safe keeping of the hotel and then deposited ourselves in the entrance lounge.

Despite being told check-in wasn’t until 3.00 we were given our room keys at 1.30. I think we might have been making the reception look untidy and they wanted us out of the way.

We ventured out for dinner at 6.30pm but it was still too hot as we tried to choose a restaurant.

We finally sat down at around 7.00 still not really feeling hungry but now had to order.

Unfortunately we couldn’t wait longer as we were both hungry, not having much lunch, and we both made bad meal choices for the heat.

Perhaps tomorrow we’ll do better.

You can follow our journey on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP03_iOV9QrtahRxRPBTVB9ZTNOmdizn