Chatillon to St Seine L'Abbaye 45miles
A hard riding day with a lot of climbing which meant they had to resort to walking which as you can imagine is quite arduous. The local villages seem bereft of places to eat with every restaurant and cafe either missing or en vacance. Lunch was eventually taken which is reported by Gerard as a three course meal - chips,croissants (from breakfast) and sweets rather splendidly by the side of the Seine which this far north is a stream. Plenty of calorie intake is crucial when taking such vigorous exercise so the preoccupation with food is not merely gigantic greed. There was an amusing incident when they were trying to by some juice in a bar. The barkeeper was spectacularly drunk when they arrived and wouldn't serve them food saying he was on holiday. He did on the other hand serve drink whilst on vacation and was quite happy to oblige. The problem came was when Gerard was waiting for change (a 20 euro note), the man promptly disappeared passing out in the back and they had to wait for his wife to return for any money back.
Tonight they are staying in St Seine L'Abbaye which is originally a Cistertian Abbey. The hotel owner has shown them a far less hilly route than originally planned for tomorrow as they have to skirt around Dijon and head towards Beaune which is good news. They are both in fine spirits and are thankful for the much improved weather.
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