Day 5

Sorry for the delay on the blog but the more we cycle the less we can write (is our excuse)! Just having pre-dinner drinks and nibbles – salted almonds and Recovery drink! Stages today - Andrew 5 out of 5, Neil 4/5 – not bad given the age difference (Andrew is younger)! 


So we are now in the most appropriately named Aix! The sports therapists have recommended an ice bath which I decided to take literally and carted a champagne bucket to the bathroom. Sadly no champagne yet!

We have decided to give you extra pictures today. For the full set go to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cycletocannes/sets/72157629491909893/ 

but an example of the scenery we have witnessed is below:

As you can see the scenery today was majestic made all the better by a tailwind. I have never before had the experience of being blown uphill on a bike. Today in Bonnieux as the wind was channelled through a small street in the village we were climbing through it we were travelling uphill without pedalling!

We cycled very close to Mt Ventoux today one the of the most famous climbs on the Tour de France. Tempting but not en-route.  

Talking of routes, the French guides made their one mistake of the trip today. We came to a roundabout and they then took us back UP the road we had just come down. Very demoralising but fortunately only a short climb before getting back on the right route.


So off for the ice bath, dinner and then a good sleep before the final push tomorrow. We leave you with a great shot of the hairpin bends in the gorge descent earlier today.

Neil and Andrew