A great nights sleep and we headed down to breakfast at about 9am. A very simple affair of French bread/toast, jam, tea and orange juice. The children also had chocolate to drink. We went back to our rooms to pack and organise all the things we will need on the coach into the correct bags. Adrian carried all the bikes back down two flights of stairs and the children and I carried the luggage. We were ready to go by 12.15pm.
We took the cycle path along the river - it's another lovely day here - not too hot with some cloud cover. We cycled about 5 miles and arrived into Lormont (a district of Bordeaux in the north east where the coach is picking us up) just past 1pm. There was a lovely relaxing spot next to the river with tables and chairs - perfect for a long stop! We parked our bikes and out came Uno, then donkey, then skipping, then ball throwing, interspersed with the odd sweet eating! We stayed there for the next 3 hours before getting back on our bikes and heading through Lormont, which turned out to be a lovely little place. Up a steep hill and to the meeting point. As we were so early I really thought we would be the first people there, but the others all beat us to it and we spent time swapping touring stories! We sorted out all our gear and sat down to a very late lunch at around 5pm. Then came another wait. We got a telephone call to say the traffic was bad so the coach would be delayed and we eventually packed up and left around 8pm. (An hour late). The children settled down quickly to watch 'Gravity' and dinner was served after that at about 10pm - they were out of our first choices so we all had lasagna. The twins and I have the same seats as last time, but Adrian and Hannah are further forward so it's more difficult to communicate without disturbing others. As I write, the twins have settled down nice and quickly, wearing their eye masks (it's 10.30pm) and are almost asleep!
6.67 miles cycled today
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