Race Day

Up and out early. Armed with our provisions ( and a knife from the hotel) we climbed aboard and set off. Well, one of us did. The other, who shall remain nameless but wasn't me, did what  we all dread, i.e. attempted to ride off with disk lock in place, with the inevitable consequences. By this time I am out of the car park, so a couple of other Brits helped to pick the Rocket off the ground.

I returned to the car park as the bike was righted. With no apparent damage to the bike, an attempt was made, unsuccessfully, to undo the lock. With the casing apparently hindering the key movement, it was up to a French knight in brown leather jacket, to appear with some big pliers and break the casing off, thus saving the day. Voila, lock undone.

We were soon on our way. A few kilometres down the road, we stopped and bought some french bread, so with our pate and sausage, we are just like the locals.

Getting in was a lot easier today, with bike already labelled but the crowds are a lot bigger than yesterday, so we are seated right on the fence. Still a decent view though. Weather is ok at the moment, grey and overcast but not actually raining. Forecast doesn't look too good though.

More later.