We have officially crossed the 1000km mark! And to celebrate this momentous occasion we decided to pull over and make the biggest baguette sandwhich imaginable. Basically a family sized baguette (fresh from the boulangerie earlier in the morning) with tomato, camembert cheese, french pate of some description and mustard. You probably wouldnt find a pre-made baguette like this anywhere if you tried,for obvious reasons, but it was good. Especially considering we were half way up a 10km climb and the sun had just come out to warm us from the frozen foggy morning chill of camping in the woods again.
Ok enough about the baguette. All in all things are going well. We have had a few tough days, the last 2 of which ended in us riding until after sunset trying to find somewhere to camp. Last night, as mentioned, was in the woods, but tonight we are living it up in a campsite in Grenoble so as to prepare body and mind for what lies ahead tomorrow. That is the Col de Galibier, one of the most feared climbs in the Tour de France.
In general the scenery has been fantastic over the last few days, changing quite significantly from very rural and sparsly populated forested hilly countryside, to the vineyards and now finally to the scary snow capped peaks of the alps which we caught our first glimpse of this afternoon coming into Grenoble.
Apologies for not yet posting any photos up on the website, but we have been desperately trying to find an internet cafe for the last 10 days but have failed miserably. Suprisingly its hard enough finding a Mcdonalds (free wifi) despite their being signs up for them all over the place. We will continue our search and upload some asap.
Tip of the day: if you want to buy tabacco or a baguette in France you can do so anywhere, any time. If you want to buy something to put onto your baguette, good luck the shop is probably closed!
Mark
This blog will be updated by James and Mark with all the latest news and stories as they head south from London to Cape Town.
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