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Art of Travel: Paris to Madrid

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Day Two

Naturally this affliction the bike had developed dominated my thoughts for the day. As far as the overall trip was going, having just cleared the starting blocks here I was limping along considering my options should the worst happen as far as the bike’s longevity was concerned.

I ended up cycling, or being on the road at least (saddle sore necessitates getting off and pushing from time to time to allow the blood to return to all the regions of the body) for just over ten hours through never changing regimentally laid out rows of conifers, along a very boring stretch of road which, apart from having three slight kinks, ran perfectly straight for about 30km.

That evening I reached the campsite at Vieux-Boucau, a slightly out of season costal town. They stung me with a fifteen euro overnight fee (I only found out later that I had been stung when I read that I should only have paid six euros) but the price wasn’t an issue since I was desperate for a good nights sleep and a refreshing shower to wash two days and a long night of travel from my body. After a can of raviolli and some fruit I saw the Atlantic from the French coast for the first time. The size of the waves suggested it might be a surfing magnet, but it was still raining so I didn’t stay long enough to notice any surf bums. Again, I was awake at around 1am shivering, and fell in and out of sleep fitfully. The sooner I got the lack of ground insulation situation sorted out the better.

 

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