It's been hot, 32+ according to the forecast, and very humid. 65Km
I slept unclothed most of the night, only pulling the sleeping bag over me in the small hours when it had cooled down. Morning porridge was interrupted by a low level flypass by a couple of Apache gunships.
I paid up & cycled to the first of the days 3 ferries & onto another island. This place is just little lumps in a big river. More of the same riding, quiet paths above the fields, distant views of villages & churches, birdlife & herds of cattle bathing in the river.
As with any path of its type the LF12 is trying to show you the pretty bits & taking every twist & turn to do so, if I wanted to cover distance I wouldn't be using it. It takes you past the outskirts of most villages, but when I've ventured in there are bars & cafes but a dearth of small grocery shops. Have the supermarkets killed them all?
Lunch was uitsmijter with 3 beers. Another beer was consumed at a cafe later on....
And now I'm unwell, a rumbling tum has had me trotting to the loo 3 times so far. A bit zonked earlier as well
Too much beer? Too little fluid of other types? 2 large mugs of tea with breakfast, about 1.5l of water from the bottles, about 1.25l of 5% beer spread over the afternoon. 3 large mugs of tea tonight
Edit: despite clean, well broken in shorts I've a sore botty! Sweat I suspect. Feels like I've been riding on sandpaper 😭