Charlieu - Cluny

The lake

Day 9:

Charlieu – Cluny

Around 80 kms

Day after day we felt that the mountains became flatter and flatter. We didn’t care about this. This day we rode km after km on very flat roads, it was a strange sensation after days in the mountains.

Halfway the route we entered a little village with a big lake in the middle of it.

15 kms before we entered Cluny, there was an intersection in the route. The right one was the shortest way, but also the most boring one the book told us. The left route was tougher and longer, but much more beautiful. We took the last one and we experienced that this route was much much heavier. We had two short, but very hard climbs. The book told us that we should see the church on top of this mountain, so we had a good excuse.

These two short climbs were the only two mountains we walked uphill, they were too tough to cycle. Our bike reared up, it was too dangerous.

On the top a big disappointment was waiting for us, the church wasn’t worth to visit in our eyes. It was a normal one; the church in Uden is more beautiful.

At half past one we arrived at the camping site, but the reception was closed. We waited till it opened, what else could we do. Many other people were waiting and we talked to some Dutch people. Before we knew it, we were talking in front of a group. Most of the people were from the Netherlands and all interested in our way of vacation. We made some new ‘friends’.