The penultimate day (Stage 56)

no rain last night, but a nice breeze which helped with the heat
set off on my own, but hooked up with Kim and Canadian Kevin, before the David train came through and we jumped on the back of that
flying morning, averaging 29.6 km/h through to lunch on good tarmac without too much traffic
afternoon was just David, Eleanor and I – road much worse which made things somewhat slower, and the traffic got a bit hectic
I stopped for a drink after 20 km. D & E continued on, but stopped a time later and I caught them again
bike lane was’t much better than the road, with lots of vehicles parked in it
another fantastic resort to camp at right on the beach
sea still super warm – seems weird for the Atlantic to be warm
nice afternoon sitting round chatting with folks
awards before dinner – I was awarded the ‘Honorary Crew Member’ award for my general helpfulness to crew and riders
lots of lovely comments from other riders about how kind and helpful I’d been on the tour
ice cream for desert!
crazy-hot and humid evening – tried going to bed three times but it was just too hot to sleep so ended up sitting outside my tent again – eventually going to bed around 2300