Day 4: Wed 27th June 2007

 

Ride: Collioure - Day off

 

Today was Cat's 40th birthday and Pete, Kyle and Cat had planned to take the day off and spend it by the seaside. Aside from a short 14 mile round trip to the supermarket so Pete could pick up some essentials they didn't ride anywhere today, and instead they took a taxi into Collioure - a busy seaside town a few miles from Sorede. Collioure is a beautiful little town that's famed for art and culture, and is a popular tourist destination with a good market every Wednesday and Sunday.

 

Their day started off innocently enough and saw them wandering aimlessly around the town, and then the market, trying to justify the first beer. It didn't take long before they cracked and an early lunch soon became a boozy afternoon, until finally they staggered back into the hotel sometime after 2.00am.

 

Ride: Bewdley to Plymouth - 201 miles

 

Meanwhile today was also the day that Chris B, Phil, Chris P, Gaz and Mark kicked off their tour and this morning saw them riding down to Plymouth to catch the overnight ferry to Santander. After an uneventful ride down the M5 they arrived at the ferry terminal with plenty of time to spare, and boarded the ferry that was to be their home for the next 18 hours or so.