Day 10: Briare to Jargeau again: Head wind - Popi goes to Nevers - CycleBlaze

Day 10: Briare to Jargeau again: Head wind - Popi goes to Nevers - CycleBlaze

From Popi goes to Nevers

By Michel Fleurance

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August 12, 2013

Day 10: Briare to Jargeau again: Head wind

Eating and blogging at the time at Briare campsite reception.

I met Francis who is deaf. We have been exchanging a lot of writting papers to communicate, exchange our emails. Also very ineresting to keep contact with bikers, he also ride a BMW 1200 CC moto bike

Hope we will be able to meet in Rezé one day

Experienced cyclist, early morning, ready to go

Canoe is also another way to travel on river Loire

Briare harbor

Briare church using a lot of enamels for its internal decoration

Meeting point

Grocery owner very interested by the trike

Pas de thé à la menthe d'Istanbul.(No mint tea from Istanbul)This lady is seeing a lot of bikers. One day two young cyclist told her that they were traveling to Istanbul and will send her a postcard from that city as soon as they will arrived. They did it. The post card says : Here we are having of cup of mint tea and thinking of you.

Briare village from pont de Briare

Very hard to live such a beautiful place

Heren the water is crossing the road

My second Paris Brest .... yummy
This cake is made in memort of the bike race Paris Brest, see the two wheels glues with butter cream.

Happy Dutch family met yesterday, on the road this early morning with a lot of energy.

Steepy 15%

A haapy dutch family, that I have also met yesterday

Direction to hell

Gien

See the baaa Jade

Sometime to have to be humble and let the traffic go.

Loire river level was very high for this season, climbing up to 1 meter during the first week of August

I have been following these two German girls for most of the day. Impossible to speak with them, they refused the conversation. Even when the get lost. They diseapear for a couple of hour and back again on EV6 without a word.

Gold medal for Andouiille. Unfortunately the store is closed on Monday

Drying time for cloth during lunch break

Securing my water bottle

Sully sur Loire

Today's ride: 76 km (47 miles)
Total: 600 km (373 miles)

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