Aragon Day 7

It was bright and sunny this morning but blooming cold, only 7 degrees. That gave me the perfect opportunity to test out my layering. On top of my base layer I put my thin microfleece and then my down gilet, with my jacket on top.. On the bike I put on the heated grips and seat. One thing I have learnt is that I need a windbreak of some description, as my mesh jacket was letting the wind in and I could still feel it through all those layers.

This was probably the worst day of the trip. The temperature struggled to reach 20 degrees all day and even then there was a stiff and cool breeze blowing so it didn't feel like 20. Add to that the fact that a large part of our journey today (180 miles) has been on motorway which is very, very, boring. At least it stayed dry and the sun was out pretty much until we got to Chartres. Still, not the most enjoyable. 

We had 2 fuel stops along the way, both proving that supermarket petrol isn't always the cheapest, as these were the most we've paid in France.  Feck U, Super U! Still, there's 25 cents off each litre, to help the fuel crisis. Surprisingly, Total are the cheapest, €138.9 / ltr, which means loads of stations have either run out or are queued back. I think the cheapest we have paid is €142.9.

Our last night will be spent in the Hotel Novo Resto. It's cheap and a bit shit, so we probably have got we paid for. The 2 best things about it are, the heater on in the room, as it is prety chilly, and the 2 bunnies on the grass outside the window.

We decided to eat out. Not a difficult decision.  There's a Courtepaille restaurant 5 minutes away,  so we went there for our end of trip meal. We were good boys too,  both having caesar salad. 

It was very nice and so was the plate of chips. Oops! I washed it down with 2 large Heinekens. 🍺🍺

Tomorrow we have about 200 miles to cover to get back to Eurotunnel.  We'll probably give breakfast a miss here, it's not inclusive, and get a Mcmuffin down tthe road somewhere. All being well we'll have time to do some shopping and fill up with cheap French E10 when we get back to Calais. The forecast looks like being similar to today,  so those layers will be going on again in the morning. 

One more day to go