Set off at 8am after a cup of tea and a piece of yesterday's baguette. The tea leaves didn't bother me today. It's just a short stage today, 43km to Craon, as the next one is a 76km jump to the Loire with quite a bit of climbing. I'm tired, so a half day and an opportunity to rest a bit is welcome.

A mixture of roads this morning, all quiet with good surfaces. A lot of straight ones dipping down and rising up ahead, though nothing too challenging in the gradients. And no headwind today, though still breezy. That allowed me to make some headway with drying the laundry. But that job was done in a flash once the sun came out in the campsite at Craon.

Another boulangerie breakfast of croissants, still short on protein. Will need to be properly fuelled tomorrow.

In between Mondevert ( What a name! Some chance! ) and Le Pertre there are some deep woods with forestry going on.

 In Le Pertre itself I noted that they ( at the épicerie at least ) are serious about cycle racing. The whole shop front is given over to two local races, the Circuit des Deux Provinces and Le Tour Bretagne, both of which have stages ending in the town, I think.

Had a peaceful break at Méral, at their "Plan d'eau", which is set up with a few picnic tables and has shelter in the form of an old pavilion type structure by the water. Maybe they used to farm and process fish here?

Then just a short distance on to Craon for an afternoon nap.