Today the ride was only 89 kms with only 665 meters of climb. It was also going to be only 4 C at 8:00 am
which was our normal departure time. So
we decided to depart at 9:30 am. This
was great as the breakfast at the Ibis where were staying served breakfast
until 9:30.
I had checked the route out on Garmin Connect the night
before so I knew the route and it was easy to depart and find our way out of
town. All four of us left together made
our way out of town.
When we came to a steep downhill there was right hand
turn. Juerg, Ken and I made the turn but
Earnie kept going. We waited for a while
but Earnie never turned back. The ride
was down a series of secondary roads.
I had thought that we would stop for coffee as getting into
Dijon early was not really something I had wanted to do. The Airbnb apartment would not be available
until 5:45 as the host worked until then.
However by the time we found a place for coffee we were already at the
designated lunch place. Ken, Juerg and
I stopped and were going into a Boulangerie when Agnes, Sally and Betsy rolled
up in the van. Juerg decided he wanted to go into a local bar so Ken and I joined
the ladies for lunch.
After lunch Ken and I rolled off and never did see either
Earnie or Juerg. Once we got to town we
found the place where we were staying with Earnie and Betsy for the layover
day. Agnes and the van was at the other
place so Ken and I joined them. Juerg
pulled up and we went into their place.
It was a very nice fourth floor garret apartment right in the heart of
old town Dijon.
Our place was not going to be ready until 5:45 so we cooled
our heels for a while before heading off.
We got to our place and the host was not there. Finally we got a hold of her and it turns out
that we had the wrong address. When we
finally got to the other apartment and checked in it was almost 7:00 pm. The place is out of the center of town and
with no restaurants close we had bread and cheese for supper. Nobody wanted to go out.
What should have been a dead easy day turned out to be a
long day and everyone’s nerves were frayed.
Terry hot biker
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