Monday, Monday...Rest day in Tarbes...Monday 6th July 2015

Sheer genius from Eric!

Today was a rest day, thankfully but it wasn't a day-off by any stretch. Clothes and bikes to wash, and we were also advised to go for a short-ish bike ride just to remind our legs that they were still required for a little time yet!

Guess who the tidy one is? 

Stergene rules.

Bike was in toxic shock at having been cleaned.

Other errands included breaking the so-called 'Velominati Rules' by Andy electing to shop at Decathlon for a new saddle bag, and then finding a terrific cafe in Tarbes Square that served us steak & chips. Just what was required!

What a load of bo**ocks, mostly!

We needed photographic evidence that Decathlon had been involved, hah-hah!

Holocaust memorial in Tarbes.

Not sure if you can see them, but Le French equivalent of The Red Devils were practicing for Bastille Day, possibly?

After lunch, myself, Andy and a couple of the other guys found a bar in town that was showing live de Le Tour, and found ourselves bellowing at the screen to will Chris Froome up that Mur de Huy climb that we made a meal of only 7 days previously!

The horrible stuff begins: we start at the LHS and work our across. Very slowly indeed!

Doubt I'll be troubling the King Of The Mountains classification anytime soon!

All-in-all a fairly productive day and a necessary one after the mileage covered already. Keep your fingers crossed for me as the bad stuff approaches...