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<\/a>All went well until I hit the Route Barree signs, which I ignored of cause. The problem was they were rebuilding a level crossing at St Laurent, the guy resolutely refused to let me cross, even though i could easily have done \ud83d\ude42 So France has jobs worth characters too. My little detour all went well although I thought I could never turn left as Gmaps kept\u00a0wanting to send me across fields.<\/p>\n Then it was the awesome crossing of La Charente although quite why the bridge is so high is a bit of a mystery to me.<\/p>\n I arrived at Royan to find that I had missed the ferry by 15mins and the next was at 4pm so I made a quick return into Royan to devour three scoops of delicious ice cream \ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Eventually I made it across the\u00a0Gironde Estuary on the\u00a0\u20ac5 ferry across to Verdun. On arrival, all the map apps had ceremoniously crashed! the gps thought I was still on the other bank \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0Eventually Apple maps came to life (I ended up deleting Google maps and reinstalling it later) it took me on on a very circuitous route to Soulac, which has to be said is a rather gorgeous town especially on a warm evening, although the Germans on the next table at Restaurant La Station kept complaining, so much so i moved outside so the poor dears could seal themselves in \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n The Hotel Neptune is adequate although I had to remind him of the free pression donated by booking.com<\/p>\n All in all a great day after a lovely weekend with Sally \ud83d\ude42 The Blaze is disappointing as the heart rate only appears much later and the screen is difficult to read on the move.<\/p>\n Strava says I did 57.4 miles<\/a> and 6.7 miles<\/a>\u00a0so 64 miles of very pleasant riding.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>