94.2km
293m elevation gain
I'm staying tonight in the best campsite so far, reserved for bikes only and with a cool covered seating area and kitchen with books and games. The French family who arrived just before me are playing Monopoly. Also there's a cute cat. Top marks basically.
It has been a pretty lovely day. I got on the road just before 8:30 and enjoyed the cool morning. I've picked up stamps for my 'passport' from four places (sadly the fifth tourist office is closed at weekends).
I made three tourism stops. The first was the Oratoire de Saint-Germigny-des-Près, which at its heart is the oldest church in France - dating back to 806, with a lovely mosaic decoration that's the only one of its type.
Then I headed another 6km to the Abbaye de Fleury, whose basilica dates back to the early 11th century and still has 22 monks living there today. It was also rather lovely with beautiful original details like the tiled flooring.
After that, another short ride to Sully for lunch and a mooch around their chateau - with a moat - which was a nice little place. They've reconstructed a bunch of rooms in 19th-century style after a fire destroyed that wing in 1918.
Then I rolled along more nice roads to the campsite, via a hypermarket. I do love a French hypermarket.
A short day tomorrow; am contemplating how I can find some wine to taste as we hit Sancerre country.
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