Rest Day 2

Another fabulous rest day! Sunshine, pottering, chatting, eating - what else is there in life!? And Mary was a bit worried I'd be chatted out after my day with Lorraine - as if!!!

Max was chat, chat, chatting away. We were all chat, chat, chatting back. He's a very entertaining and adorable character :-))

We had planned to go to Thonon-les-Bains for lunch but Max had eaten 1 too many blackberries from the bushes as he helped his Dad mow the lawn and was unwell, poor lamb. So Mary and I took off to the local supermarket where I drooled over the choice of food. It has been somewhat limited in the mountains these last couple of weeks. And a fabulous lunch of local cheeses, tasty salad and incredible bread was produced. Yum!

And we pootled off to Thonon in the afternoon, which is on the shores of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) for a stroll and, more importantly, some ice-creams. Max was back full of energy and happily played in the playground whilst we chat, chat, chatted a lot more over some drinks.

And tonight Mary is cooking a huge paella for us and some of their other friends who have come over to join in the food and fun! I know it will be another phenomenal meal :-))

So my holiday is now coming to an end. I can't quite believe it. It's been amazing! And when I think back to agonising whether I should cycle-tour in the Alps again - madness! The French Alps are my current adopted home!

I've got the morning here with Mary tomorrow, then the train from their local station to Lyon and finally catching the bike bus tomorrow evening arriving back into Wetherby and apparently the rain some time on Monday night.

Happy pedalling tomorrow Inters (and all Otley Cycle Club) and happy Sundays to everyone else :-))

Xxx

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