Ceri: Our plan is to cycle every day to a campsite near a train station. Neil returns by train to our previous stop to collect the campervan then drives to meet me . This is our modus operandi all along the river .
So off we go. It feels good to be back on our bikes again and the cycling was beautiful. But Neil started having problems changing gears. We headed to a bike shop in Sancerre… how useless were they? No magic men to help us this time. Monsieur suggested we get it fixed in Paris!!!! And so we continued with Neil’s legs whizzing round far too quickly, but it was flat and picturesque . As we stopped for our picnic and we met a charming man with his faithful little dog sitting happily in his front pannier.
The weather wasn’t great, so we decided to stay in a hotel where Neil could investigate his bike properly. I found a beautiful place on the river in Cosne Cours sur Loire. As we reached the town, Neil headed off to the train station and I went on to the hotel. My job was to relax and read my book whilst waiting for Neil to catch me up. Not bad!!
Once Neil arrived, the heavens opened. Fortunately he now had the shelter of a garage to thoroughly investigate his bike. He discovered he could set a gear with the turn of an Allen key. Given that the ride is so flat one gear is generally enough for cycling so we decided to continue with the bike as is. If a big hill comes, Neil gets off and uses the Allen key to choose a better gear, then sets it back to the middle gear for cycling along the flat. Let’s hope this works.
With the problem solved, we celebrated with the most delicious meal in a restaurant.
Wrong side of the canal 😂
Ceri's Blog with Neil 