The second day of the trip and, woke up to excellent riding weather sunny and not too hot . Packed up and off we went. No route to speak of so the one shown below is retrospective.

DAY 02 Route


Five minutes later a view stop...



..and to be honest straight into those twisty roads before an adequate coffee intake was not good news for me so deep breathing exercises had to do for now.



Phew ! 15 kms from the camp-site a stop at Pont De Montvert for coffee.








Refreshed we set off across the Lozere on the empty roads. I'd been on the same road with Dave earlier this year in the 38C heat, melting gravelly roads and riding my R1200RT and, it was some of the worst riding I've ever had. Today on the Dakar in different conditions it was sublime

From the Lozere we entered the Gard and stopped on bridge for a pee break. It must have been quite high as my string of urine formed a sine wave as it wound its way into the water below.



We were proud.



Before we knew it we were into the Ardeche and heading for its famous Gorge but not before a coffee and water break. It was getting hot.

Coffee at Saint Paul le Jeune


Some clever routing and we were back in the Gard! My avoidance settings on the sat nav didn't include unpaved roads



Not to worry before we knew it the Ardeche Gorge had arrived.

"Its Over There"


Phil Ponders (or perhaps is taking a drag) the Gorges de L'Ardeche

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