Friday 20th May: Zero km's! Rest day here in Biarritz. Had a sleep in and late breakfast before our scheduled bike clean for our group at 10am. A day to also get some laundry done. Then a quiet walk downtown for a coffee and lunch and checked out the waterfront area and some cafes etc. We then went to a local bike shop to get a few items. Generally a nice relaxing day and fun watching how the Biarritz folk go about their day around town. Another day of good weather.
Today is a short break from the daily 'stage riding routine' we have got into nicely this week. We get up about 6.45am. Breakfast at 7.15am. Then back to the room to get on the riding gear, sunblocks, finalise our ride food and sports drinks bottles, stretching exercises, pack the bags again and make sure our day backpacks have any items we may need/want during the couple of stops along the days ride. 8.30am is time to have our baggage down and in the luggage truck out the front of the hotel that goes on to the next town/hotel. We then roll out on the days ride at around 9.00am. On the road time again. Coffee/drink break (for 15 mins) at somewhere around the 65-75 km mark and the lunch break (30 mins) at the approx 110 km point either at a roadside cafe or a picnic stop place. The stage finish in the next town can be anywhere between 3.30pm and 5.00pm some longer days. Grab the room key and shower, do quick laundry, get a snack down and a drink, emails/blogs maybe etc, upload the bike computer data from the days ride, more stretching exercises and then set or buffet dinner at 7pm in France or 8pm in Spain. Maybe a quiet short walk around the town to walk off/down dinner etc. Bed by 9pm or 10pm. No rocking needed to get to sleep each night.
Back into it again tomorrow. A quiet 100 km's east now towards the Pyrennees. Some big climbing days to come this week - shorter ride distances than this week but serious elevation gains daily!
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