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Day 27 Les Sables d'Olonne to Machecoul 71 km

April 28, 2011

We're heading back inland to our planned route.  The weather is warm, the roads quiet and gently undulating.  We should be set fair for a good distance today.

We eat our lunch at a picnic spot in the grounds of a chateau, which we realise we have visited before about 20 years ago.  I fall asleep in the warm sun, lying on a picnic bench.  Once we set off again after lunch, the legs feel like two planks of wood and neither of us can really get going again - we must be tired.  Although we have had a  short day in between, it is actually about 10 days since our last full day off.  We need to find a nice campsite and take a full rest day. 

Luck is with us; we make a short detour to a larger town and find a campsite straight away.  It is nearly empty and  in an idyllic setting, but no hot water - still you can't have everything in life.