It's raining ... raining in my heart

Slept well and felt good this morning - after a quick utilitarian breakfast headed off for Epernay then Troyes - a big day of 135km. Then the rain started. Biblical, comical rain that only a wet suit could keep out. And the rain was made worse, if that's possible, by the 16 wheel juggernauts spraying it at us  horizontally too.

Then Dave's back wheel broke - a spoke which had supposedly  been mended by an idiot back home. We finally found a Decathlon shop that sold bike bits (A miracle, since the shops are mostly closed on Mondays) and bought a new back wheel. We then proceeded to fit it right then and there, in the middle of the shop, as a protest against the total lack of helpfulness from the Decathalon staff. Damn these global brands! We cursed them roundly as we dried off and tried to get warm with 'un big mac' next door.

Anyway, after this setback we really panelled it for a few hours and got to Troyes by 5:00pm. We hit the tourist office and hit the jackpot ... never mind hotel rooms, we got an entire three bedroom apartment avec a dozen, very welcome radiators, right in the centre  of town for 55 quid. Formidable! Off to Dijon tomorrow.

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