Day 5 Chagny - Decize 170 km
- Ralph
- Jun 24, 2023
- 2 min read

=> tired dinglish, I apologize for that, after 10 hours on the bike <= Since I let it run today, at times up to 40 degrees, in the sun. Shade there was at least at noon no longer much. the Euro-Velo 6 I have also rarely found, now and then I was sometimes on it, sometimes next to canals, sometimes on the road, then the signage was gone again. For me, however, the direction was clear, always westward and lo and behold, suddenly the signage was there again and just as suddenly gone again. No idea if I just got lost or if the signage is out of order again, probably both. Anyway, after 100 km I was suddenly on a canal bridge and the canal crossed a large river. I had arrived in the Loire Valley! This is where I wanted to go and suddenly I had to go to the bathroom really quickly, right in the middle of the big city. That can be problematic sometimes, with all the junk. I found a bush on the shore that was close by. Then it was onward, in the midday heat. Mostly roads that run directly in the blazing sun. I calculated what I drink a day, about 10l and I go to the toilet 3 times. At the moment I have no cramps, but can imagine that changes tonight. Am also again descended on a campsite, batteries on "Streckbetrieb" (google it), tomorrow then hotel. Also need to wash urgently, have no more shirts. That means I'll probably stop early, see how it goes. Today was really good, average about 23 km/h, probably had tailwind. If tomorrow runs similarly oh tomorrow is a new day, plans for tomorrow I'll make tomorrow. Today I descended on an island, normally you can tell the quality of campsites by the number of Dutch people, they know price & performance well and rest. Here it has as good as none, why? Everywhere tents of young people. Here seems to be a big canoe happening, here run women with broad shoulders around, against it I can almost pack, almost! Sexy, as I notice. Otherwise I chill now in the shade and wait for the sunset, the tip of the island points directly to the west and my camera already twitches, in this sense



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