I thought of that while riding my bicycle.

Saturday, 12 July 2014

Verdun-sur-le-Doubs 521km ttt

There is no more beautiful sight than washing hanging off your bike, bathed in the glow of evening sunlight. 

This is the time I thought would never come. This is the day the rain stopped. 

All a bit melodramatic bit good god, this is the first time I've seen the sun since ... Mulhouse? And even before then there were thunderstorms and rain. 

Today was a countryside day. I had my breakfast in Dole and then wandered along watercourses to here. I stopped to look around a few towns but didn't stay long. Instead I chose to eat picnics on the river banks watching the fish and birds. I've developed quite a liking for water boatmen. They remind me of Venice. 

Now I am at another 'la plage' campsite sandwiched between the Doubs and the canal.  The birds are singing, the sun is shining and all is right with the world. 


Note the still surface. When it rains really hard it looks like you can walk on it. 


Blue sky! Blue sky! This was an exciting moment. 


Lunch stop for Gorgonzola sandwich and wildlife watching. There was some sort of warbler warbling and lots of unidentified splashes. 


Heaven. Tomorrow I will wear clean, dry socks. 

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