Having shown some great survival skills on the previous day, we decided to add a new dimension to the day’s challenges by segregating into two group’s; the fast and the not quite so fast group. For extra amusement (although we didn’t know it at the time), we were to also pitch the navigational skills of the flawed Garmin to the ESP like ability of Will leading the fast group.
The likes of Miska and Paul got a particularly raw deal as not only did they have to try and keep up with Will, Neil and Mark but for a good 5-miles we were actually all going in completely the wrong direction (Garmin 1: Will nil) the detour took us past a town called Blond (not sure what was on Wills mind?). After another 5-miles and a trip to intensive care for Paul and Miska we were back on track and still ahead of the slow group (sorry not so fast group)!
This turned out to even a greater challenge of a day as not only did we have the delightful combination of wind and rain, but 5500feet of climbing as well; needless to say, arrival at nearer 8.30pm was inevitable and at least one of the rooms appeared to have something resembling a cryogenic chamber for those who felt the trip had aged them another 10-years!!!! It has to be said that even in this atrocious weather, some of the villages were simply stunning; particularly Segur Au Chateaux, which didn’t appear to have changed since the middle ages – perhaps the source of the mystery of the cryogenic chamber??
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