When daylight woke me I was pleasantly surprised it was 7am. I returned to the tent for a lie in while Graham went in search of bread and milk. After a while I began to get worried that he had got lost but nobody could lose our campsite there is a huge volcanic rock outside, he must have been kidnapped! . After 40 minutes he through a baguette over the fence and disappeared again still in search of milk. A good job we hadn't planned an early start. Eventually...

Unfortunately my tickly cough had gone to laryngitis and now developed into a cough which is worse at night so last night I could escape into another room to have a good cough in the middle of the night instead of wandering around the campsite. It's amazing how you can survive with so little sleep and be ready for another day in the hot sun. After breakfast on the veranda we decided the French thing to do was to go to a local winery to buy some wine . We tri...

It was time to pack up Camp Le Good, one tent gone, two more to go. Our camping was pretty minimalistic compared to others arriving on the site. The site was excellent and had been very quiet but lots of new arrivals yesterday so we had new neighbours. A couple arrived with a large caravan next door and had a huge awning the size of Sarah and Duncan's flat and now they were putting up another tent. I can only assume they were having visitors. Lots of large ...

A family run was on the agenda for this morning as there were some strava segments to be done. The sun was very hot by 9 am the forecast was for temperature up in the 30s again. We did think about going to watch the elite athletes but another day in hot Geneva was not very inviting so we opted for a trip up a gondola. The views were outstanding Lake Geneva one side and after a bit of trekking there were views of Mont Blanc on the other side. Luckily it was a shad...

Graham met another trathlete on the campsite and they decided to travel on the 7.30 bus into Geneva. An early start with number tattoos applied , sun cream on and pre race breakfast. I delivered them to the bus stop and went back to see if there was any other signs of life at base camp. Slowly the campers emerged and prepared themselves for the day ahead in the hot sun, We failed to get to the bus stop by 10am as planned so had to wait another half ann hour. The...