Biking Down the Loire Valley - The Fifth Day

Very good light breakfast at the convent and then off again through agricultural area – vineyards, grain, corn, etc.  It began to get warm as we road on mostly paved roads and paths.  We stopped for sandwiches and ate them in a park in Ancenis. 

Lunch in the Park at Ancenis

After lunch we came across a lone rider in farm country with a low bike tire on his bike.  He was towing a small trailer, and had camping gear as he had been biking all over Europe.  Unfortunately, his pump did not fit the valve on his back tire!  We provided him with the adapter, which he used to pump up his tire.  We came upon him about a mile down the road – the leak was too rapid to do anything with and he was engaged in changing tubes.  We waited to ensure he would get everything fixed, and then everyone took off again.

Scenery Along the Loire

We had a bottle of very nice Muscadet – Ch. Du Cléray 2013 – Sèvre et Maine, on arrival at our hotel in Thouaré-sur-Loire.  Modern hotel with a courtyard in the middle where we had our wine.

Hotel Courtyard, Thouaré-sur-Loire

The hotel had a good restaurant across the road where we had excellent dinners – I had steak cut on the bias with potatoes and cêpe sauce [fabulous] with a half-bottle of 2012 Chinon red, Tom had excellent scallops on a skewer.  Did not note what the others had, but everyone seemed happy.

Did 62km for the day.