The Fold Up Bike Trip

Day 2
Sunday 14.06.09     Neufchatel En Bray to Chateauroux        266m

Woke at 6.00 am. After that lovely evening I had a crap nights sleep! Full of nightmares. Its always the same the first night away. Must be some sort of tension build up. Might have to see a shrink at this rate :)
Started my packing routine – Off with the flysheet to dry out the condensation. Make a cup of tea. Potter around arranging everything back in the panniers. Go for a shower and pick up a couple of croissants from the shop and set off at 8.30 am.

Avoiding the motorway I am riding on the nearly empty, long straight roads. Its very flat around here. Big skies and wheat fields as far as the eye can see. A page straight out of Zen And The Art Of......

Its Sunday so everything is shut so late breakfast consists of 2 croissants and a can of Oringina. I plan to be at the next site for about 2.00 pm. I am aiming for Vierzon. When I get there I don’t like the look of the site so move on to another that is 15 miles away. I arrive in Gracay at about 2.30 pm. Its very basic and there doesn’t seem to be much of a village nearby. There is nobody in the office until 4.00 pm so I decide to move on. The roads are wet and its threatening to rain, however it holds off and I arrive in Chateauroux at 4.30 pm.

Pitched up and showered, its Chilli Con Carne for tea and I realize I’ve missed out lunch today.
A day spent following the rain but never getting wet. The clouds have parted and the sun is out. I spend a quiet evening doing ‘dear diary’, reading a book and having a wander around the campsite. On and on .......

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