Camping Le Jardine, Sully Sur Loire

At five this morning it rained. Normal rain. Not like the horrendous storms of last week when we on the Atlantic coast. Tired from cycling 110 miles over two days we went back to sleep, waking just before seven. Great a lie in. But the clouds above were grey, so we took the tent down quickly then packed up and moved into the cyclists room to make coffee and eat breakfast. These rooms are great with kettles, microwaves, fridges and in this case a television. We just wish all campsites provided this facility for us. They are a godsend particularly if it rains. Despite some light drizzle we set off just before ten. Normally by now we'd be a couple of hours into our cycling day. But we were in no rush, our next stop would be Sully sur Loire, with it's stunning chateau around twenty miles away. We have stayed in the town twice before in Marge on the aire de camping car just along from the chateau. We stopped to watch two men assemble a folding canoe. Alongside it two folding kayaks already to go. The route alongside the river mostly flat made for easy cycling. Then a spoke broke in Angela's front wheel. Really! Here we go again. You couldn't make it up. Angela's bike has twenty-four inch wheels which is quite unusual so we have three spare spokes with us. As luck would have it there was a bike shop in Sully. Open at two. Whilst the man at the shop retentioned the wheel another spoke snapped. We now have only one spare. Oh dear. In a day or two we will leave the river Loire at Briare and follow the canal up to Paris. We are aware of the troubles there and will be monitoring the news daily as we near the city.