Monday June 27, 2022, 25 km (16 miles) – Total so far: 5,750 km (3,573 miles)

We had a slow start to the day. We had tea, followed by coffee, followed by muesli, followed by waiting for the sun to dry out tent.

We eventually got packed up and left camp around 11am. We cycled through the town of Amboise, then pushed our bikes up a very steep hill.

It was threatening to rain all day but it still hasn’t happened. We only rode 25 kms today as we found a nice campsite by the river for only 10 euros. It also has a shelter beside our tent which is good as dark clouds had appeared. So we decided to stop at 2.30pm and have a quiet afternoon. It was actually cool enough to crawl into the tent and have an afternoon nap.

I awoke to some French cycle tourists who had decided to join us at the shelter. They were very nice and even offered to share their wine with us! We politely declined.

As per usual, there is no shop here, so we had to rely on emergency rations. We had some dried salami that didn’t need refrigeration and fried it up with some rice. I also fried up some stale baguette in garlic oil and it was actually quite nice. Not a vegetable in sight though.

We also ran into a couple of English cycle tourers we ran into a few days ago. They are taking it slowly like us, not wanting to miss anything. They camped here last night as well and didn’t get the rain we got in Amboise.

A nice sunset tonight and still no rain as yet.

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