Today we had a lovely 63 mile ride to Dole. We met Donna and Mark at a Patisserie on the way out of town and rode for 20 flat miles before our first Coffee stop. We left the Loire a couple of days ago and followed the Saone today. We had a picnic lunch in a peaceful park at around 1 and then afternoon coffee roadside in an other hour.
We arrived at our Airbnb in Dole where we will take a rest day before heading east at 4:30.
Today was our last day riding with Astrid. She has been my model from day 1. She is an experienced tourer who always seems to be a few steps ahead of everyone else. I have learned much from observing her and affectionately refer to her as “mother” in my mind. “Mother knows best”.
As of today we have logged 650 miles!
thank you david I have such good memories of all these days, of these many miles traveled and above all of your great kindness: your way of being so cool and relaxed. I am sorry for my poor language level which deprived me of the joy of knowing you better, I hope to be able to remedy this and continue to study my English!
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