Day Three - Ferme Syet

I have been working hard at my camping skills and have perfected the timing on when to take the tent down. Yes, every time it starts to rain. Simples.

Today I didn't manage to ''hang out my drying', as I do everyday, as it was peppered with showers. Often only a few long but you can never tell if it is a short bursts or if it is staying for an hour. During a big one I stopped in the parking garage of a house under construction to avoid the storm and have my lunch.

So, tonight, I erect a wet tent. One success is that it only started raining AFTER I put it up. Makes a change.

You may have noticed that I refer to the rain a lot.

Day Two Erquy

You wanna know what can go wrong? Putting your tent up whilst raining, in the dark, it raining all night and through the morning - and you know you have a flat tire to sort out. Bleh.

Then, it stops raining, the sun comes out, and everything is better.

I replaced the tube but that went flat too so I bought another and replaced it ths evening. Cross fingers that the problem is solved. I must have pumped that bloody tire up ten times today. However my techique, and arm muscles, are improving.

I had planned for a short day but it became long and hilly - and too hot!

Fantastic view from the campsite tonight all along the coast.

Day One Saint Suilliac

The night was wet and it continued to rain in the morning. I wasn't in a rush to set off though. During a short break whilst the rain maker took a rest I packed and set off. it got drier and then hotter and the sun maker arrived.

After a lunch of terrine du moment and crepe I found I noticed my tire pressure was a bit soft. This came to frution at 7pm when i was completely flat. I didn't have time to repair it so just pumped it up. This impacted me on finding a wild camp spot which I, way after dark and raining and pumping it up another three times, I turned back to where I had been earlier in the day and pitched up in a quiet farmers field - in the rain and 11pm at night. I survived.

Getting to the start

Rising at 4am gives you a long day filled with a fuzzy brain. I caught the train from Manchester at 5am and rocked up in Bournemouth at 10am, followed by a short hop on another to Poole and the ferry terminal.

The ferry was pretty packed for the journey to Jesery where almost everyone, bar maybe a dozen people, got off. Apparently Jersey is popular.

Arriving at 8pm local time I cycled an hour to a municipal campsite. Now to bed...

Where is the weather feature

I have a coffee cup next to my name and have hunted high and low trying to find the weather feature.  Could someone point me to where it is?  Thanks.