Seurre to Bourg en Bresse 75 miles
A long and exhausting day given the mileage and terrain. The weather again was quite cold in the mornings but warmed up considerably in the afternoon. The only thing that the intrepid two don't like is rain and extreme heat as you can imagine they are the enemies of the cyclist. There were many challenging climbs on the way and feet had to be resorted to in a few places.
They noticed a number of interesting features on the route including a twisted spire, like Chesterfield, but with a Burgundian coloured tile roof - spectacular. They stopped for lunch where they should have stayed last night - Louhans - and had the local speciality of poule. Sadly it came boiled and tough which is the way the locals like it - chaque en son goute literally. Louhans is the most lovely ancient town, walled and gated and a stop there is highly recommended.
This is the land of the world famous Poule de Bresse and the countryside is completely teeming with them. They are everywhere including all the maize fields. Let's hope they can snaffle one so Edith can rustle up a roast chicken a la Cold Newton. Yum.
The pedalling pair are now going to have a two day rest which they said they are looking forward to, before embarking on the road to Italy. Gerard is particularly looking forward to eating on an industrial scale. I think they both deserve it.
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