{"id":1198,"date":"2023-06-09T07:16:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T07:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazingsaddles.cactus.co.uk\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2023-06-09T07:16:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T07:16:57","slug":"day-23-easy-like-a-monday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazingsaddles.cactus.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/06\/09\/day-23-easy-like-a-monday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 23 – Easy like a Monday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Slept really late, didn\u2019t get up until 09:00. Cozy comfy caravan!<\/span><\/p>\n

Cycled into town with just one empty pannier – like floating on air without that 12-ish kilos on the back of the bike. Wandered round a supermarch\u00e9, having made the mistake of picking up one of their baskets. If you\u2019re bike-packing you should really only buy what you can carry in your arms. A basket means that you will over-shop, which we did. The pannier weighed 800 tonnes once we\u2019d loaded it with our purchases.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bought late breakfast pastries from a really rather good boulangerie and ate them sat outside a closed caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cycled back to the campsite and put maximum effort into lazing round in our brown and orange domain. The torrential rain that was forecast didn\u2019t materialise, just a light shower here and there. The 800 tonnes of food yielded a fantastic lunch of salad piemontaise, hoummus, fresh bread, green leaves, aubergine caviar (super delicious but unwarranted pretentious name!), cheese, falafels. Laid out a lovely spread in the awning making good use of the period crockery and cutlery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lazed about for most of the afternoon and made a concerted effort to do absolutely nothing. I accidentally did something constructive and shaved three weeks worth of greying fuzz off my face – goodbye Vic Reeves lookalike, here’s Jonny! Jackie photographed me posing in the doorway – I\u2019m hoping it will be chosen as Mr September for the Caravan Club 2024 calendar. Stretched out in the shade on dangerous 70s folding loungers for a while until using up more of the 800 tonnes to cook a delicious rice\/tomato\/veg\/tuna one-pot dinner on the only nod to modern life, a single induction hob. To power up the hob we had to plug it into an extension lead socket that had been left dangling in the washing up bowl. A health and safety nightmare!<\/span><\/p>\n

Played some kind of stick throwing game that we borrowed from reception, a bit skittley but different. Jackie absolutely thrashed me, I was truly useless at it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to our luxury pad for another good night\u2019s sleep to round off our busy day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Miles cycled: 1<\/span><\/p>\n

Total miles: 741<\/span><\/p>\n

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Good things today:<\/span><\/p>\n