We got up early this morning and collected some pastries at a nearby patisserie. We then cycled under clear blue skies between the Loire river and Loire canal. Needless to say, the route was very flat and we made great progress.
By lunch, we had already covered 70km and, after getting a little lost in Digoin searching for a supermarket (you would have thought a supermarket the size of four football fields would be easier to spot!), we had a picnic by the side of the road just out of town.
We decided we could both justify a stop at a McDonalds for a McFlurry. The McDonalds was just off the a highway in the middle of nowhere - it appeared that many locals had driven miles specifically for their meal deal.
The afternoon's cycling was harder but a lot more interesting. The Burgandy hills were pretty, with wild flowers in the fields and pretty hill-top villages. Thankfully, the climbs were relatively easy and we arrived in La Clayette at about 3:30 - leaving Brittany plenty of time to do some shopping (there was a local chocolate shop) for both of us to look around the town.
There was a market around the towns small lake with all types of junk ("antiques") - the only thing that interested us was the cherry stall. We bought and almost immediately consumed a kilo of new season cherries. At the end of the market, there was a beautiful private chateau overlooking the lake.
We finished the day with a swim in our hotel's swimming pool, followed by a drink at a cafe (watching the town's youf hooning around on their mopeds and motor bikes), and a good dinner at a local restaurant (we only realised after we left that Simon should have had frog's legs, which were the restaurant's specialty).
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