Rest day in Vallon near the Pont d'Arc.
Arrived just in time yesterday. As we thought about going out for a meal an enormous storm started, thunder, lightening, torrential rain, power cuts the works. It lasted 8hrs.
Next day, up later than usual & out to find out about canoeing.... The river Ardeche is in spate all water sports cancelled.
The woman in tourist info even suggested it would be dangerous to walk on the road to view the pont we ignored this advice & as usual set off in the wrong direction adding a km to our walk.
The route took us to a river crossing on a causeway usually the river is dry but today it was a roaring river. More back tracking to walk along the road beside the raging Ardeche.
The road was scattered with debris, rocks & in places a thick layer of mud making the going rather slippery particularly if you favour Crocs as your walking shoes ( Tom).
The pont is magnificent.
The beaches were covered by flood water.
Returned via the same route & tried a degustation but the grower wasn't interested on serving us despite Jim engaging him in polite conversation about the workings of the mechanical grape harvester, perhaps because
he heard we were on bikes or he was depressed about the weather.
Back to the hotel to replace J&Vs other tyre & inner tube.
Now has full set of new tyres & inner tubes on their bike since leaving the UK. Perhaps Verity's teachers pension could be well spent on a new bike.
T &J had gone out on the tandem earlier in the day to buy said new tyre & left some solo bikes standing on the hill "Chapeau " I say.
Km cycled 6 for T and J injuries 0
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