Guess what we did today - yep, more hills! This time, we went up to Pont d'Espagne. It was drizzly and cold. Once again, I dropped back to my strategic rear position for the climb, just taking my time up the steep hills. We passed through a spa village called Les Cauterets. the road up to Pont d'Espagne had 10 hairpin turns around a river valley - it was s spectacular climb with some really steep sections. Art & Bren, who were assisting Patrick throughout the week, shot past me (after saying Hello!) towards the end of the climb. I also got passed out by a coach tour bus, which subsequently had to stop to let a few people off to get sick from all those hairpin turns. Ha! At least they didn't beat me up that hill! We had a bit of an excursion on Thursday afternoon, heading down the Gaves de Pau river for a spot of white water rafting. It was great fun. I and a few others were a bit apprehensive about this, but it was a great way to break the tension of the training and the impending Étape. After dinner, when arriving back in our rooms, there was an Asterix book waiting for each one of us. Patrick had left this little gift for each of us under our doors. Cool!
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