As part of our strict training program (!) Barry and I planned a 90 km trip to and from a town called Peyrehorade on the borders of Les Landes, about 45 kms away. We took the picturesque small route via smaller roads there and the weather was overcast, but warm and dry. After our lunch at the riverside in Peyrehorade, this all changed however. And not for the better. Oh no. Despite this summer being one of the wetter summers I can remember here, there are always a few million more gallons of rain to be dumped on unsuspecting cyclists casually roaming the highways of France on a Sunday. And they were dumped on us from a great height and for a long, long time. All the way back in fact.
We tried smiling, we really did
This was the best photo we took all day. At least it was an underwater camera. What's odd is we don't even look as if we were saturated to the skin with hypothermia. Well, it could be a typical day during our trip and now we know what that will feel like. ****ing uncomfortable!
This is what Peyrehorade was meant to be like...
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| Dave and Shaun on last year's trip |
This is the sort of weather we're hoping for at the end of this month *crosses fingers*!
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