A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
Gurat to Les Tuilières
13th July, 67km, avg 14.7km/hr, max 49.3km/hr, 4:34 hrs
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- Angoulême south (3.2MB)
I had an early start, this first photo, taken as I rolled out of the campsite gates, is timed at 5:59am. It's not a particularly good photo, taken against the sun with my phone, but it was so beautiful I had to try. Golden sunlight shafting through a break on the ridge opposite, silhouetting the trees and just starting to light up the sunflowers. Mist still lingering.
Sunflowers
There comes a point in France where sunflowers are more and more common, like spotting the first palm tree when I'm in Spain, they seem emblematic, naturally enough, of warmth and ease.
Tabac, closed
I think this tabac might be closed, even for the sale of Woodbine (a joke for the older reader).
Mist again
It was an odd morning, the mist had gone and it was clear blue skies, and then, for about an hour, I was pedalling through misty hills again. It was so misty I had to constantly wipe my glasses else they too misted up. A miniature micro-climate.