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Deep in the Massif Central

We have been following the Lot river now for 3 days as it gets smaller and smaller . One of the consequences of this is that it enters very steep sided valleys , impossible for a road to go through. Today was a case in point. As soon as we left the hotel it was relentless up . The roads that we now find relatively easy we would not have found on day one or two . I am still not on the smallest cog and Ceri hardly using much electricity.

People have asked how we practiced for our trip and the answer is not at all . I like to call it the Don Whillans approach to fitness . He climbed with Bonnington and is a real working class hero from Salford . Sadly he is no more . I attended a lecture once and he was asked the question how he trained before climbing in the Himalayas. He answered that when he has left the last ‘ Changi ‘ pub in Nepal he would get fit ! But I digress . We are slowly riding up hill all day and now up to 720 metres . I feel that we are working together so well as a team and each depends on each other at different times . Continental divide tomorrow

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