Day 23 - Against the wind..

Against the wind

We're still cycling against the wind

We're inland now, and still cycling

Against the wind ....

(Sorry Bob Seger) 

Wow, we thought coming inland from the coast would mean we would leave that wind at the coast, but NO! We pushed into that wind all day. 

Pretty. And windy. Mostly we were in D roads. Lined with flowers, that looked like what we call Queen Anne's lace, and also some roads lines with daisies (Daisy, Daisy give me your answer true...)

Very few paths today as we made our own route towards Nantes.  The D roads are quiet and the cars are alert and patient and give plenty of room. 

A picnic lunch, hidden from the wind, in a meadow full of yellow flowers. 

Our own route meant smaller towns, and very few other cyclists. So lovely sites. 

A few portions were bike paths, which took us to a wind farm, and kilometers of vineyards. 

Look at these roses! So many flowers in bloom today we both had a runny nose and itchy eyes. 

No camping to be found this close to Nantes, so we used Booking and found some lovely hosts, Daniel and Catherine, who converted their garage to a room with a bathroom, and microwave. We surprised them a little on arrival as our online booking hadn't worked, but Daniel welcomed us in and we sat by their pool, he sat and chatted while we had our victory beer and cheesies (😁).  He is originally from the island of Reunion (cool).  Great art around their pool. 

We are all set for a very good night's sleep as we head into our final day of stage 3. Look out Loire Valley, here we come. 

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