A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
Climbing over
15.46 I was heading to St Martin-de-Fugères where I hoped I might find a campsite. I'd been a week riding by now and I was starting to think I could do with a rest day.
Wild camp
17.17pm No campsite but there was this very nice field, it was sunny and I was happy to be out of the saddle. I'd bought some cheese tarts and an onion one too so I had those for dinner, I thought I'd save the pizza slice I'd also bought that morning for tomorrow's breakfast.
Day 8: St Martin de Fugeres to La Bastide Puylaurent
Stats: 58km, avg 12.6km/hr, max 53km/hr, 4.5hrs riding time, except I started about 6.00am and got to La Bastide at about 2.00pm so more like about 8 hours of riding.It was uphill, then a steep downhill, then more gentle uphill; my brief notes about the day say even the downhill felt uphill!
Leaving St Martin
6.25am I'd eaten the previous day's pizza slice, drunk as much water as I could and set off on a lovely sunny day, though still cool at 6.00 in the morning.