Photo 16: Paul cycling through a quiet French village on day 2
Photo 17: Stuart Mason-Elliott and his wife on their unusual two person bike
Photo 18: Ian coasting to a change over at the end of another ride
A lot of the early miles for day 2 were close to the river so it was fairly flat. The open stretches had a good headwind so it was nice to find a group of riders to share the front of the pack with and take it in turns battling against the wind. We grabbed some rolls and pastries from one of the little towns we went through which made a nice change from energy bars and bananas. A couple of teams stopped to have a coffee and I caught up with one of their riders who was getting tired having been on the bike for an hour. He slip-streamed behind me for 10 minutes to get a bit of a break and finally his van re-appeared!
As I finished my third ride we'd clocked up 97 miles and were over half way through the 2011 Challenge. That's always a great feeling although we knew the bigger climbs were still ahead of us and with the sun starting to get really hot again so it was going to be a tough afternoon.
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