Stage 12 Lavelanet- narbonne 104 miles
Up at 6 am and on the road by 8 having driven to the start. Felt rough all morning suffering from a bad stomach and little sleep-struggled with lack of energy and tired legs. Transitional stage today from the Pyrenees on the way to the Alps via Audd, Heralut and Gard regions. Fantastic sunshine and scenery throughout the day cycling through fabulous gorges and miles of vineyards. The vineyards resulted in me loosing my team on several occasions as they called to purchase local produce (and taste a few on the way). Finished today feeling very tired having completed over 100 miles in high temperatures and on the back of over 1100 miles over the past 11 days. The old sweat soigneurs are also fatigued keeping me on the road and in the right direction but new member Jilly keeps going on a diet of ‘G n T’ and newly found ‘Fitou’ and ‘Corbiere’ regions wine, with a few deck chair moments thrown in. Campsite found outside Narbonne ready for tomorrows start.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Good work fellah - Sounds like the works paying off. I have a great mental image of Mark (presumably with still shaven legs) riding around looking lost with the Gregcam taped to his bonce - top stuff.
Keep it up Jonno, only the Galibier, Croix de Fer, Alpe d’ Huez………..