The Debora Matthews Fellowship

Two things you’re doubtless wondering: what happened to day 8 (it was the rest day), and where on earth is Poncin (a little village on the Ain river just as you go into the Jura mountains)? Ok I flatter myself that you wonder about anything at all, but I live in hopes.
Today was another relatively straightforward ride mostly almost flat and with a very favourable wind. A bit of a sting in the tail as there were a couple of hills right at the end as we entered the hilly bit. There will be a lot more of that tomorrow as we have our first really hilly day. We’re currently at just over 200m altitude and climb up to just short of 1000m before coming almost all the way down again to Aix-les-Bains. As so far our highest point has been 567m, you will appreciate that this means stepping things up a gear (well down actually if I had any more to step down to, unfortunately vie been using all my lowest gears for days now.
Had another version of the ice-bath treatment today, swimming in the river. It was refreshing to say the least. The weather forecast is for rain showers tomorrow morning, which if it keeps me cool I will not complain about.
Wish my knees good luck.