Anyway the clouds of yesterday were gone, clear blue skies and top notch landscape, endless going up and down and curves galore, the Pyrenees are definitely a hidden gem, more people on bicycles than motorbikes which probably is because parts of Tour the France does the same ups and downs that I did. It got warm, 30C something and I was rather worse for wear as I got to Narbonne, park the bike, get a shower and get some beer, I also got a decent steak dinner. The hotel had no staff= no 10 E breakfast and the bakers had not yet made sandwiches, two pieces of nuked veggie pizza some water and a coffee got me on the road. Lovely, overcast no sun, good riding weather, well that did not last very long, to soon
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