Day 2 - Continued

Photo 14: Western lunch party on route

Photo 15: Raw Hide team handing out the food and drinks

Photo 16: Team photo in the desert!

The next set of rides was a bit tougher. All of us had our share of some long hard climbs and some long descents. The day was beginning to heat up so it was hot work pushing to the top of the hills. The scenary was beautiful though and the challenge organisers had picked a fantastic route. We cycled past chateaus, went round the town of Flavigny where the film Chocolat was made, through some old French towns with cobbled streets (not so much fun on a bike!), and past the source of the river Seine. Just past the source of the Seine was the half way point for the Challenge (256 miles) and for the day (92 miles). We'd made some good progress as it was now 12:30 which meant we'd been cycling for 6 hrs and would probably finish the day around 6:30pm.

At the 120 mile mark team 3 (Raw) and team 4 (Hide) had joined forces with the Rear View girls team to host a Western style lunch ...with cakes. Most of the teams took the chance to stop, enjoy the sunshine and enjoy a glass of wine and even a Wagon Wheel biscuit (which seemed a lot smaller than they used too!).