.....yes, quite a few days have passed since I complained about the rain so I can indeed mention the terribly hot weather.

That also combines with today having entered a slightly lower level of towpath quality with sometimes bigger stones to traverse and signage a bit less than the exceptioallly good seen so far.

I got a rustic baguette, ham and goats cheese in Redon and made myself an enormous gut buster of a sandwich. Hopefully the remaining meat and cheese will have survived the sun so I can have another tomorrow.

I got caught by a lack of tree cover, a hot sun, and tiredness around 6pm and decided that I must find shade and stop for a while. I parked up next to a lock gatehouse and relaxed for an hour. It is very quiet around here with barely any foot or bike traffic tongiht. This then became my wildcamping spot and I had a douse in the canal to clear the sweat from the day.