A relocation day from the very belle and friendly Val Fleuri to a more central location in the Vercors at Chapelle. This will allow us at least two days of loops without baggage and without backtracking. We had hoped to get our respective hairs cut, but the coiffeuse was having a day off in town, so we spent the afternoon doing little repairs and maintenance on the tandem and watching the Tour de France. It was perhaps a seminal stage - a large group led by Team Columbia pealed off the front of the peleton and not everyone who SHOULD have been in the group WAS in the group. Lance Armstrong moved up to 3rd and with his team predicted to be especially powerful in the team time trial tomorrow we may see him in the yellow jersey. We're just about to enjoy another dinner outside beside the "Piscine Bio" which is kept clean by filtration by plant life with no chlorine, etc. Just part of a big movement in the last year to more sustainability in France. Even the beef cheeks last night were Bio and the vegetables were all from the hotel's potager garden. The menu last night seemed to be short on choice, but this was deliberate - the food was perfect and probably the best on the tour so far, still with a moderate price. Marinated salmon, local caillette (sort of a firm meatloaf served cold as a terrine), beef cheeks in red wine sauce (which could grace a plate at Retour) and small but perfectly-formed raspberry tart. 50cl of local wine for 5euros, so good we had to have two. Breakfast equally high quality. Service was simple. professional and very welcoming.
Just about time to check out tonight's offerings - can't say how sorry we are to see the low temps forecast for Christchurch, haw haw haw.
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