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I woke this morning in Caen after sleeping with no sheets in the smelly oven that was the hostel dormitory.

Sitting in a bar in Lyon there is rock music playing and it’s busy.

I booked the train from Lyon to Caen in my bed it cost around €100 or so and would leave at 11am.

My stomach is churning.

Today has been both extremely long and extremely “hilly”.

The “B&B” I’m staying at is a cosy, small converted ground floor appartment.

I’m now sitting in a religious property owned by the church that is rented out as a hotel.

I’m now sitting in the bar of the camping with an artisanal IPA beer.

I am arrived at the Hotel San Marco in Verona.

Both my dorm partners snored heavily last night and both woke early and one of them started watching youtube videos on his mobile phone with the speaker on at 6:00am.

“Vegetarian pizza”, “So this is the Ortolano pizza, it has augergine, zucchini, mozeralla, artichoke and pepperoni” “Peppeoni is meat” “Without the peperonni then”.

I left my universal power adapter in Konstanz because it electrocutes people and falls out of the wall socket.

My head isn’t aching nor is my neck, but they’re not not aching either.

I woke up this morning and went to the inclusive breakfast.

Sitting in the Oberstdorf hostel - a large, modern, ski hostel which is out of season but it’s noisy as there are a very large number of kids here with a small number of teachers and I think I’m the only “adult” that’s staying here.

I’m hungry and sitting in a pizzeria in Konstanz, which is in Germany and not in Switzerland although it is rather close.

I am now sitting in a very minimal but cosy wooden cabin that I’ve paid for at Naturcamp Schluchsee.

Sitting in a Buffalo Grill.

Now sitting on an exposed table of a pizzeria on a street in Nancy.

Sun blasted, lips cracking, tired, but otherwise feel good sitting at a makeshift desk in a large, modern, youth hostel with a chair propping up the charger which is connected to an EU power adapter which is prone to fall out of the socket (and, on occasi…

Achen is a vibrant city.

Today has been a a great ride with plenty of challenging off road sections.

Now sitting in my tent on a pleasantly vacant campsite typing this blog post with 57% battery knowing that I won’t be able to charge it today.

I’m at Bram’s house sitting on a bed feeling the familiar exhaustion of a long day in the saddle.

Went to bed late and slept badly in my own bed waking up without any particular excitement and not really wanting to get out of bed.