Today we are determined that technology will not beat us.

We plan to win the battle by stealth. Today we will navigate short routes along the way we plan to go. Garmin seems to take us along the picturesque roads using this ploy.

So we set out with our devious plan. There were a couple of things we failed to realise to start off with.

Firstly going through the small towns we were missing shops, I.e. places to get our lunch.

The first shop we came across was just before 2.00. Good, we’ll wait a few minutes until it opens ar 2.00 after the owners have had lunch. 2.00 came and went and the shop still wasn’t open. We checked the notice on the door and found it was only open from 8.00 to 12.30 Monday to Friday.

Never mind we can always stop at a tobacco and get coffee and a snack.

Wrong again. The tobac had no bread so no sandwiches, but a great view for a coffee.

After a rest we continued on our way, little bits at a time, thus keeping garmin directing us along quiet country roads. Finally we got the garmin to direct us to a camp ground.

The garmin got her revenge she sent us to a remote campsite, in the middle of nowhere, that was closed.

We resulted to Google to find a chamber dot nearby. A quick call with broken French and broken English and we were. Booked in, only anther 45 mins to cycle.

On the upside we spent a charming evening at a farm stay, and breakfast was included.