Accommodation

This proved difficult, as there are not the number of hotels you would first envisage in the central French regions, and whilst Steph and I are humble in our expectations for accommodation, we are equally not inclined to ‘slum’ it. So we have established a good mixture of chateau’s and guest houses on the way down, and each hotel has been booked well in advance to avoid any late minute route changes being needed from not booking early enough, our route is following the tour de France in some regions and as such the accommodation at these times is tough to secure. And with the accommodation dictating the exact daily distances they in essence represent the milestone for each days achievement. Their location relative to each other has been and will continue to be an important consideration in the planning and execution of the challenge.