Friday September 24th mileage 11379 Pessac Bordeaux

Up early because long way to go today to get to Jill and Mark in Bordeaux.

Downstairs for breakfast and nobody about but all food and juice etc laid out so helped myself.

Put a cup under what I thought was an automatic coffee machine and pressed the green button.  Hot water came out and I naturally assumed it would stop when a cupfull had been dispensed, but no the water kept coming, filled up the cup, the drip tray and then overflowed down the table leg and puddled onto the floor.  now strting to panic it took me a moment to realise you have to press the green button again to stop the water flow!!  Started to use serviettes to soak up the puddle, but then realised there was no bin or sink in the room so left holding soggy serviettes!!  Had my juice and left quickly before anyone came!!

Packed and departed as quick as possible, and then onwards on my journey towards Andorra and then on to Toulouse.  This route takes you through mountain passes in the Pyranees (1700 metres).

  Beautiful with lots of conifer covered hillsides.   I then set tomtom to take me not on the toll roads and went through Moissac, Agen, and Marmande and every small village in between!

Arrived at Pessac about 7pm had to wait on the ringroad around Bordeaux for an accident to clear, and watched people get all agitated as some people started to go on the hard shoulder to get away faster!!


Lovely evening with Jill, Mark, Christian, Lauren and Jessica though Jessica went out almost straight away with her boyfriend.

More later
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