Sancerre

View of Sancerre on the way back down. Can see right across the valley and down the Loire river. Really beautiful.
Sun now really hot.
Back on path south, and a few more bone shakers of unsurfaced roads. Somethings broke on my bike but it's only a plastic disc by the cassette. Come loose, will break off as soon as can as don't need it and can save a few grams. Makes a noise when freewheel otherwise.

Ran out of water. A lady in her driveway directed us 3 miles to the nearest town/shop when we asked where we could get water. We certainly didn't expect it but if I saw two cyclists in the burning heat and having run out of water I might have offered to fill a bottle up from my sink.

C'est la vie, a few miles later and a few euros later, we had some bottled water, which was really cold and hit the spot. Who would have thought the afternoons could be so much hotter than the mornings.... From jumpers and numb fingers, to 50 block in the afternoon each day for the last 2 days.