Chateau Glory

The morning in Tours again greeted us with a wet sky and after cleaning and lubing bikes we farewelled Mick and Craig.

Peter, Colin, Ern and Damian took to the road wearing the wet weather gear and wishing for clear skies. And while the skies never really cleared, we were not actually rained upon.

Our exit from Tours was quite easy and we had a lovely ride largely along the river into the pretty town of Ambiose where we re-connected with Phil S and had a quality coffee (tea) and pastries in a delightful little street.

On leaving Ambiose, we continued another 20 or kilometres to Chateau Chenonceaux, a well known castle dating back to the 15th century. We took the tour of the Chateau which lasted an hour or more and it was enthralling, fascinating and educational. We were blown away by the history and the explanation of the back ground of all the different rooms.

From there we rode the 12 or so k's Montrichard where we are staying at the same Chambers as the 2006 tour - and Evelyn recalls the in-discretion's of the 2006 tour so we consider ourselves lucky to be allowed back - lets call it a chance for redemption.

It was a day of only a little over 50 k's but again, it was a wonderful day of discovery.

As previously reported, Craig lost his passport and was bailing to Paris today to go to the Embassy. We heard from him this afternoon and he has caught the train back to re-join our tour. He has spent much time in the train today.

Tomorrow is 'fluid' at the moment. We are thinking of riding to within 20 or so kilometres of Paris and then completing the tour on Friday morning. Alternatively we will stay longer in this area and complete the trip in to Paris by a combination of bike, train and van.

The Tour just keeps on giving.

We only have a 20 minutes on-line window today so photos will follow tomorrow - hopefully.