2025 Tour Day 10 - Out and Back

Learning about the making of olive oil sounded like a good idea. We headed into the wind towards L'Oulibo, an oil mill that tells the "Olive Tree Odyssey". 

Did I mention the wind? 

Much of the ride was on lovely bike paths and quiet roads, poppies and vineyards. And wind. 

One small village had a busy winding road through it, so we took a break and had a visit to the Boulanger. 

The roads got a little busy so we rerouted through an olive grove. 

Along a rocky farm road .

 

With puddles. And wind. 

And Marc took a rock and a wind gust in a bad combination and broke a spoke on his back wheel. 

We also arrived just as the Olive Oil place was closing for a two hour lunch.

So we broke out our picnic and sat in the olive trees to think things through. 

And that's when we remembered. Marc is allergic to olive pollen. Did I mention it was windy??

Broken spoke + closed shop + allergies = Return to town to find a bike shop! 

The ride out was into the wind... Meaning ... The ride home was much faster and easier.

Happy to say the bike shop right in our neighborhood fixed the spoke and we had extra time for a walk and getting organized for tomorrow as we leave our air bnb and take the night train to Paris - Normandy. 

 

The park near our house is in honour of those who gave their lives during WWII serving in the French Resistance. Lovely trees and a solemn but imposing monument. 

Bike is fixed. 

Clothes are clean. 

Frig is empty. 

Dishes are done. 

Tomorrow we will finish Stage 2 of our Tour. 

Goodnight and sleep well.