When the rolling English drunkard......

Chesterton's road builder would have approved of the first leg of the route today. Smooth easy riding, winding a sinuous way through rich farm land. The going was such that I was trying to calibrate the difference between todays"rolling" and yesterdays"undulating".... And then I was  brought short by a bloody long steep hill!,  I was only two clicks off the granny gear when we finally got to the top. On to sille la guillaume ( aka silly billy ) , and a fine lunch stop to avoid a nasty shower. Very pleasant couple ran the bar and I don't think I have ever been asked  if I needed a towel before sitting down to eat. Fast D road toward  sables sur sarthe, but once we crossed the A 81 motorway the road was busier with big lorries. The going was straight but narrow. No overtaking for most of it ( due to scores of little blind summits). The lorries were very good but you could not help thinking that if they lost concentration for a moment.... Our nerves were fully wracked by the time we got to poille sur vegre and we found a great detour via a medieval village at Asnieres. Superb church with some C12 frescoes. Good riding then to Sables sur Sarthe. 78k Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange