DAY 22 – MONT VENTOUX & 3000 MILES CYCLED | TOUR DE FRANCE CHALLENGE EVERY STAGE + THE TRANSFERS

It’s the 18th July and Amy cycles 120 miles and up the famous Mont Ventoux! Oh and it’s Kyle’s 30th birthday. She’s cycling every stage of the Tour de France plus the transfers for mental health charity Shout / The Mix.
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Bonjour. It’s day number 22 van D of my to France challenge. It’s the 18th of July and it’s this fella’s 30th birthday. In turn it’s on 30th. He’s not very happy about turning 30. Um today I’ve got the end of stage 16 um which finishes on the top of Mont Bonu and then I’ve got a transfer down Mont Bonu to our accommodation. So I’ve got about 113 miles to do and Bondu starts 65 miles in. having an early start. It’s just before 5:00 a.m. We got up at 4 because it’s been so hot 38 degrees. We just don’t want to be going up the climb in that heat cuz this fella’s coming up there, too. So, he’s meeting me 40 mi in or about 45 miles in at Chat Nerf cuz we like the name of that. Shame we can’t buy any wine. I know. He won’t be able to buy any wine cuz it’s all going to be closed cuz it’s too early. And then he’s going to go and park at the top of Vonto very carefully, aren’t you, Kyle? Descending. extremely carefully. Yeah. Your new kit. Your new kit that I got you for your birthday. Be quick, actually. And then he’s going to come up the climb with me and his car will be at the top. So, that’ll be perfect. But yeah, for his birthday, got him some new fresh kits. Shaved legs for the occasion. He shaved his legs. He’s slick. He’s a slick lean starting machine. Anyway, let’s roll. Whoa. So, I’m off. I didn’t get it on camera, but I just came face to face with what looked like a warthog, but I think it was one of those pig things that lives around here. had a really long nose and it was black and like a little bit hairy. Looked like a pig with a long nose and it was a bit scary actually cuz I thought, “Hey mate, please don’t charge at me.” Anyway, the stars are out. It’s a beautiful morning. The sun will be rising soon. Probably can’t see the stars on the camera, but this is my favorite part of the day. It’s quiet. It’s not hot. I’m a morning person. So, yeah, getting along and I’m really excited for month two today. It might be a bit of a challenge when I’m tired, but I’m really, really excited for it. It’s a bucketless mountain. So, bring it on. A minute ago, I got my first glimpse of Bontu. You can see it already. And I’m really excited now. It’s going to be a tough one, but I just Yeah, I just can’t wait to get up there and and give it a go. Right, these lovely people have come out with a go Amy sign. Hey, too too early for a quest on to say but no. Thank you so much. Thank you. They’ve done what you’ve done gone to, haven’t you? Yes. And what’s one word to describe it? I wasn’t prepared. Wasn’t prepared. Well, I hope I am. Don’t look at me. I’m I’m No, it’s okay. We’ll be all right. You don’t look it. Well, thank you so much. And uh I bet I’m meeting K in Shatter Nurf to pap. Wow, what lovely people. The sun’s coming up now, too. It’s just I just can’t believe it. Like the people that have come out to say hi and cheer me on. It just makes such a difference. It’s so kind. So yeah, thank you so much. That’s Mont Bonu in the distance. That’s where I’m going. The big mountain. There she is. Bonu. Little tower on the top. Can’t believe I’m going all the way up there. Hello, mate. I’m about 5 miles out from Shadow Nerf to pop. I love saying that where Kyle’s meeting me top of all the water bottles and then not too far from Bonu then. Hey, I’m in Shadow Nerf to pop looking out for K now. Ow, I think someone just bit my ankle. Oh jeez. I’ve doused myself in uh fly spray today because apparently there’s a lot of flies on Bonu. So I’m not looking forward to them. But this is Shatter Nerf to pack and the Y is growing vineyard. I don’t drink but Kyle does. And he’d he’d love a bottle of Shatter Nerf to Pat, but unfortunately it’s too early. Here he is. It’s the Kyle mobile. So I’m in Shaton of the Bap. Kyle’s filling up the jug. And we’ve got a slight issue with the I am 22 mi away from the base of the climb, but there’s bad traffic. So the traffic to get Kyle to the top of the climb is 1 hour 45 minutes. And he’s then got to descend. And I’m going to be already at the base like way before that. And it’s not really good to be waiting cuz it’s going to be too hot. So, what we’re going to do is Kyle’s going to drive to the top, freewheel down until he sees me, and then he’ll come up. So, we’ll have to come back and do the whole climb again at another point. Kyle, I’ve made up a really nice song for you, but I’m saving it for the top of the climb. Okay, I’m going to sing. I’ve made a really, really good one today. Well, that was a very speedy stop in Shatner Papat. I’ve got my waters topped up. I’ve had some food. Hang on a minute. Don’t know where I’m going here. I’m going straight. Um, I feel bad for Kyle because he really wanted to climb onto and it’s just the traffic looks really bad to go up there. So, I don’t know if he’s going to make it to climb up there with me. He’ll be able to at least do half with me. Um, but yeah, I feel really bad. But, there’s nothing we can really do because I can’t wait at the bottom for like an extra hour cuz it’s just going to be so hot cuz it would be like waiting an extra hour. Um, so yeah, feel bad, but there’s nothing I can really do. I just have to keep rolling. I’ve I’ve booked us a really nice accommodation tonight for his birthday. He’s got a little jacuzzi, so hopefully he enjoys that. But yeah, I wish I could stop in one of these and get him a bottle of wine, but they’re all closed. If one of them was open, I literally would buy a bottle of wine for him and cycle up there with it in my back pocket. But everywhere is closed. So, hey, they’ve got the milk. Oravoir shadow nerf the pop. So I’m going to be up there looking down here hopefully. Hey there little fella. I’m just over 10 miles out from the climb. About 16 km 10 mil. I just run Kylie stopped for a coffee. He’s okay. He said he’s going to just park at the top, see what time it is. He might just wait for me at the top and enjoy a quissant. And I said, “Kyle, just do that. It’s your birthday. Enjoy it.” He really wanted to do the climb. So I’ve said, “We’ll come back. If he doesn’t get chance to do it if it’s too late, we’ll come back for a weekend with the bikes. We’ll do Mondu and that can be part of his 30th birthday present.” He said he wants to do it. So yeah, it’s just a shame that logistically that’s how it’s worked out today. But oh well, I’m all right climbing on my own. We’ll get to the top. I’m actually quite excited cuz cuz I’ve been able to see the climb most of the morning. It’s like, oh, I want to get up there and look down on where I’ve ridden. So just through the trees at the minute. Oh jeez. The closer I get, the more nervous I get. I have been told that when you come out of the trees, apparently quite a lot of the climb you’re in the trees, then you come out, it gets quite steep, like 10% average gradient for quite a long time and you get baked alive. So, thanks to the person that told me that really really makes me excited, but it is quite warm already. But there’s only one thing for it to get up there. So, and I know the feeling when I get up there will be really good. I’ve done tormale. It’s only slightly bigger climb than that. It’s 5,300 ft to climb. Elevation wise, it’s not as tall as Tom, but you start lower down, so it’s a bigger climb overall. But we got this, haven’t we, Lakes? We got this. Let’s go. We’re getting closer. The climb starts in a place called Bedo. And I’m getting closer there. I just went past a sign that said it’s 6 km away. So, just prepping the mind. I hope I don’t cry on this one. But, you know, whether I cry or not, I’ll definitely get up there. Right. So, I’m near the base. This is Chris. He’s just rolled up. Oh, yeah. Kyle’s at the top somewhere. But we had a bit of issue with the how long it took to drive. So he’s going to wait at the top, I think. Oh, sad. On his birthday, surely. I know. He can ride down and ride back up. He’s going to ride down a bit, I think, and ride up a bit. But yeah, it’s okay. I’ll ride with you. Yeah, that’s fine. Right, we’re at the base. It’s the official start of the climb. I should have bought a Chester stick for this one. I know. Chester will be at the top instead. Yeah. So, this is what we’re doing. 22K room Tom Simpson memorial up there. And Chris, you’ve done this climb over 100 times now. time. So, this is probably going to be the slowest we’ve ever done it. Meal worm pace. Probably the most enjoyable as well. Hopefully. Hopefully, I won’t cry. There it is. That’s where we’re going. But I know it starts off fairly easy, but then I know it gets harder. So, not looking forward to that bit, but we’ll be all right. Kyle’s at the top, so he’s probably going to roll down a little bit and meet us at some point to do do the rest with us. But for now, it’s just the two of us. Right, we’ve got another one now. We’ve got Kevin. Kevin’s here, too. So, there’s three of us now. This is a nice bit of the climb. Yeah, we got the worst bit to come, aren’t we? And then it gets unpleasant. But we’ll keep smiling if we can. We’ll keep smiling. Try not to cry today, Amy. And I’ll try and keep up with Amy, which is going to be difficult. I was just saying that is going well. Going to go in the forest in the just around this corner here. Yeah. Goes up to 10%. for 10 km. Oh, great. It just doesn’t give up. Oh, lovely. And then you come onto the moon. Okay. Shal. Okay. Right. We got this. Chris is back there somewhere. Lovely. Raj. Oh, nice cafe. If only. If only. Well, here we go. There it is up there. We got this. This is great. We’ve got 14K to go. There’s loads of other cyclists. The only thing I’m not liking is the amount of flies. There’s a lot of them around. I did put fly spray on, but I doubt it’s going to work with all these beggars around. Still going up. 12.7K to go. Kevin and Chris have dropped back, but you just have to go at your own pace. So, I’ll see them at the top. I’m on the lookout for Kyle now. Shouldn’t be too long till he gets here. So, a lot of nuts around. 11k to go. 10k climbed, 11k to go. Feeling okay. Enjoying it. Taking my time. Still not seen Kyle yet. So, hope he’s okay. Should be here soon. Kyle’s here. Hallelujah. He’s coming. He just went past me. He’s coming back up. Yay. 10k with Kyle. Kylie, you all right? Yeah. Loving it. You’re looking fresh in that kit. Yeah. New kit. You like it? Does it fit? Okay. Where’s the map? Well, there was two men with me. Where are they? Um, back there. Oh, no. We all just Oh, jeez. We all at our own pace. They said to keep going, so I kept going. I love that sweat. You’re looking lovely. Get sweaty up here. Kyle the mountain go with his freshly shaved loins. 9K to go. It’s getting hot. This what we’re looking like. No. 2,442 ft left to climb. Over halfway up the climb, Kyle. We got this. No crying today. 6.6 km to go. Kevin’s caught us back up. He’s just there. Kyle, are you feeling good? Yeah. Nice and steady. It’s very hot. Tapping it up. Steady, steady, steady. We’re not in a rush. Happy birthday to you. How you envisioned your 30th, Kyle? Yeah. We have last year. No. All kind of cafe. We can stop if you want. No. Keep going. We do what the birthday boy wants. He wants to keep on rolling. Oh, thank you. Thank you. A someone go Amy Kyle. Oh, that was nice. Oh, we got a steep bit coming now. We’re out the trees. At least there’s less flies up here. Hey, look down there. Oh, my neck. Wow. 6k to go. We got this. Kyle the mountain goat’s on his penny. He’s shaking his little derriè. Wow. There’s the top. That’s where we’re going. Over. We’ll be up there in no time. Kyle, we’re going up. Wow. I was down there before, Kyle. Looking up here. I’m loving this. This is so nice. I love it. The Garmin turned off. Oh, it restarted. He’s on now, but I’m trying to Oh, well, you didn’t start from that one before any Hey, look. That’s where I’m going. Hey, they’ve even got cyclist bins. Put you in there, Kyle. Duck. Straight in the hole as well. Even rolling. Hold on. Look down there. It’s gorgeous. I love this climb. Jador Lemon Fontu. So nice. Hey, there’s Kevin down there. He’s catching up. Wow. Kyle, could you see it when you were driving towards it? Yeah. I could literally see it from the start and I was like, “Oh, mama.” See the point? There it is. Look. The tower where we’re going. Oh, this is such a beautiful climb when you come out those trees. Look at that. So nice. Already rode up that last ramp. Car rode up the last ramp by accident when he got out the car. He went the wrong way. How could you? Surely you knew that. Come over this way. So it must be the other side. You silly Billy. 3 km to go and that is the finish up there. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, baby. We’re doing Mont Bonu. Only buff day. Only buff day. Yippee. Just over 2k left to go. I’m absolutely loving this climb. It’s so gorgeous. Just taking my time, not pushing and actually really enjoying it. So, all my fears about how hard it would be have evaporated. It’s lovely. Amazing. The point’s hiding up there. It’s so nice, isn’t it? Well done, Kyle. Thought we can come all the way down there. Wow. You did 10k of it. Yeah. The point’s just hiding up there. 1.9K to go. We got this. Something’s been painted. It smells like paint. Painting the lines or something. There’s the top. One mile to go. People were telling me it’s an absolute wall at the top. It’s horrible. You’re going to get baked alive. Well, it’s fine. And there’s a nice breeze on us, so it’s all good. I mean, I think there is going to be a bit of a wall at the top, but less than a mile, so not too bad. Oh, here’s the painters. Painting the lines, right, the car is in the car park back there. So, Kyle’s gone to uh Oh, wow. Sorry. Kyle’s going to get the Chester stickers and then he’ll come back and join me at the top so I don’t have to roll back down to the car to get the stickers. That’s the top there. Nearly there. Nearly there. Peace and quiet. Hey, I made it and it’s only 10 past 11. I thought I wouldn’t be up here till half 12. It’s very busy. Look how many circles there are. You have a cue for the sign, but I found this little sign anyway that I quite like. And the view is gorgeous. Kyle will be coming up in a minute. He went to the car park to get the Chester stickers, so I’ll go and find him. But it’s just gorgeous. So nice. Actually, be coming up this bit, won’t it? I think at some point he’s here. We were looking for We were literally looking down here. None of us saw you. Thank you. Are you okay? Yeah. I can’t find the Chester stickers, but I found the one. You found the one of you? Yes. That’s even better one. Do you like it? Yeah. That was horrible stopping at the car and then coming back. Pass me that sticker. Let me just see. You want it? I made these stickers. Did you Did you see it? What did you think of it? Cuz you haven’t seen it yet, have you? So I made some special stickers just for Kyle’s birthday for the sign. Just for Kyle’s birthday. Yeah. Oh no, that’s horrible. I was suffering up mour in Dar. Let’s see. I think was that was it your top mour? People a lot more healthy today than that. That’s going Oh, Chester. Where’s the Chester ones? Have to find them later. Everything’s got a bit. Yeah, it’s a bit busy over there. But should we go and get a photo by the sign? Yes. I was thinking, should I do my video for Cade Media here? It’s a bit quieter. It’s quite nice, isn’t it? Very busy compared to very busy. I was thinking, Kyle, if you want, we could go to the Beastro for lunch down there or we could go to the town down there. They said it’s nicer in the town at the bottom. This is crazy. There’s a queue for the sign. Hey Kyle, Kendall Mountain, Kendall Club. Kendall CCle. So, we’re waiting patiently to the top of the hill dance and then you feed down. Right then. Time for the top of the hill dance. Hey, I forgot to put the blooming sticker on, didn’t I? I’m going to have to go and stick it on quickly. Really sorry. Quick to put the sticker on. Hang on. He’s on. I put it on. I just can’t believe how busy it is up here. Right, we’ve decided that because it’s so busy, um Kyle’s going to drive down to Malisen. I’m going to ride down there and we’re going to have lunch down there cuz it’s just way too busy up here. But I really want to get Kyle a souvenir for his birthday. So, I don’t know if I can find someone to like look after my bike while I go in this little shop because I can’t leave my bike here, but I really want to get him something. A lovely lady’s watching my bike for me. So, I’m going to get him Oh, I’m going to get him one of these cuz he really loves these. I’m getting one of these. I’ll put it in my back pocket. And shall I get him anything else? A bit of a cute No, I’ll just get him this cuz that’s all that’s these are what he likes. So, get him one of these. Right, I got the goods. I got him a little thing and some stickers. So, now I’ve got to send down and meet him in that village. Hopefully, I’ll still be there before him, otherwise he’ll be worried about me. But, I just had to get him something. I’ve just come down a tiny bit and just look at this. I had to stop. So gorgeous. [Music] It’s chaotic up there. It’s like Piccadilly circus up there compared to here. Silent coming up this side. It’s just gorgeous. Right, it’s time to allay down now. I’m going to be very, very careful because there’s lots of cars and bikes coming the other way and things. So, I’m just going to get down and yeah, I’ll see you at the bottom. Wow, so gorgeous. Oh, it’s so gorgeous. Apart from getting pelted in the face with a load of flies, they’re all over my body, but you know, it’s all great. It’s beautiful. Hippie. Woohoo. Right, I’ve descended down. Kyle’s just parking. Found this little place. Oh, Delicacies Devonteu. Sounds good to me. My friends, they’ve even got a bike stand. So, I’m going to sit here, wait for Kyle, and then we’ll get some goods. It looks really nice in there, so it’s perfect. Here comes the birthday boy, Kyle. Kyle, look at this place. Bon, too. Don’t get ran over. I know, but this looks good. Look, too. And there’s even Santini thing over there. Oh, Kyle, hold this a minute. Hold this a minute. I got you a little present. cuz I knew that you didn’t get a chance at the top. Close your eyes a minute. I know what it is. Close your eyes. I’ve just been thinking on the way. Close your eyes. Don’t open them until I sec. I know what it is. Don’t open till I get the camera cuz I want to get your reaction. Close your eyes. You don’t. It’s actually not what you think it is. Wait, not yet. There’s another thing. I know. Well, God, then you can open it now. That’s a You can open your eyes now. Yes. to try. I’m going to go to that shop now. Were you? To try and get one. To go get one. Yeah. I got you the best one as well. Big one. And when the first one didn’t have the right like the writing was shuffled. A little secret. Yeah. I bought you one from the top of cold Salor. Did you? And uh Tom and you forgot to I didn’t get you one of these from Salor. I got your post yet? No, I got your postcard from the top of Salor and I got you a Tom Tuesday. That’s nice. So now we’ve got loads for the collection. The collection now anyway. You want to get some food? Yeah. What have you got me? Get the gears. So we got Did you mind noisy car? I saw that car earlier actually. Paint GT3. Very noisy. Oh. Anyway, I got you Powerade. Yeah. Mhm. Got you a coffee. Orenina power does. Um I got myself an orange cuz I fancied one. It’s really difficult for me. Then I’ve got a pagia. Oh, nice. For catcha. Patcha. Yeah. It’s hot. It’s warm. I got you can’t catch little raspberry koolie thingy. Then you’ve got for your birthday, Kyle. Can you guess what it is? Sausage roll. Meat pie sausage roll. Come on Kyle. It must be a thing. Got you a sausage roll. Then I got you. Um, a Nutella biscuit. Got you two of these. One for now, one for later. And I’ve got a little flapjack for later. And then this, that’s for your after your dinner later tonight. You can save that for later. Don’t open it yet. Later. So, that lovely couple at the top also gave me cake. I know. They said they got your birthday cake. That’s really nice. That’s nice. Lot of messages today. Well, it is your Hey, I’ve got me song for you. I’ll eat this and then I’ll do a song. Look at all this. Oh, let’s do the taste test on your sausage roll as well. We’ll see if it’s different. Oh, do you want to take a photo with this or Instagram? No, you don’t. How is it compared to yesterday’s? I feel like the sausage looks better. That support sauce. Got a bit spicy. Is it bit spicy? M. You like a spicy sausage, don’t you? No, it’s more red. More like a treat. Yeah, smells. Anyway, time for Bonapetit. Right, the bakery goods are in. And I did promise Kyle a song at the top of M2, Kyle. But it was very busy up there and very fled. So, I’ve got the song and I’ve actually written down the lyrics for this one so I don’t get confused. So, hang on. You know the song that goes um I just can’t get I just can’t get that one. When I’m with you, baby, I go out of my head. That one. That’s the song. That’s the song. Right. So, it goes. You ready? Someone sat just there, so they’re going to think I’m an absolute lunatic. You ready? So, it goes to the front. Right. You ready? Goes. Right. You ready? I am on my bike and I’m riding to Harry and Kyle’s supporting me. Yeah, Kyle’s supporting me. I sit on my bike and I won’t get saddle sore cuz I’ve got Santini shorts. I’ve got Santini shorts. I just do that bit. I ride my dog. M Kyle drives the whip and together we will get into par. Kyle is 30. We made it to fun, too. Do you like that? Yeah. Very good. I was actually really proud of myself for that one. That was my favorite. My favorite bit is the do bite me. That bit that but you know. Yeah. Drives the whip. Do you like that? Yeah. Just that man’s laughing at me now. I’ve not much just sweet and bamboo. I haven’t treated myself buffer just what you got me chipped one. Oh no. Well, the other one had all the writing was looked off. So I think they’re not I think it’s quite nice. I like these already. I like it. Did we get one from uh Got Park, didn’t we? Yeah, I think we got Park. Oh, but anyway, I want to get going cuz it’s so hot. I’m going to swelter now. I’ve got about 30 miles to go in the sweltering heat. Right, it’s time to allay. You ready, Kyle? That’s your special cake for later that I got you. And there’s your stickers. You’re happy with them, aren’t you? Yeah. You can stick them on your van at home. Stick them on something. Stick them on the old ribbler, I think. Anyway, we could stick them on tail fin. Could do that actually, but they’re for you, so not for me. No. All right, let’s go. On the move again. It’s really, really hot, but I’ve got a nice slight downhill and only one little climb for the rest of the route. I’m heading to Berlin, which is where stage 17 starts. And we’re staying just outside of there. So, I’ll do like a couple of miles of stage 17 today and finish it off tomorrow. But just really enjoying it today. It’s lovely. It’s so hot. I feel like I’m in an oven again. But it’s such a relief to get Vonu out the way. and I enjoyed it so much, but I feel really bad because I saw Kevin again at the top and his wife, but I didn’t see Chris again. And I waited and looked out for him, but I couldn’t see him. So, I hope he’s okay. Hope he got to the top. I’m sure he did. Yeah, I want to say thanks to both of those people for coming out. So nice of you, and it really does help. So, yeah, thank you. That’s where I was up there. Our vanu, see you again another day. 3,000 miles, baby. And those insects are here to celebrate with me. 3,000 miles down. About 1,00 between 1,60 to 1,080 to go. That’s a good feeling. Yeah, when I started this challenge, week the weeks leading up to it, I doubted myself a lot. And now I know I’m going to make it to the end. I’ve done the bulk of it. I’ve got two really, really hard days the day after tomorrow. But bring them on, I say. Yeah. 3,000 miles. Can’t believe it. Still see it. Bonui. Ooh. Chef. I can’t believe I’ve done 3,000 miles. I’ve been to the year 3000. That song’s a me now. I’ve been on my bike for 3,000. Not much has changed, but I can feel my ass. I can feel it, actually. It’s pretty It’s doing pretty good, to be honest. I don’t want to jinx it, though. But so far very comfy, which is one of my biggest fears of this trip with saddle saw. And I’m scared saying that cuz I don’t want to jinx it. But it’s been absolutely fine. There it is. There’s the shadow. The shadows behind me. That was a really nice place. It was called Suz Larus and all the houses were like built into the castle wall and it was really cool but it was a little bit busy. A lot of cars. I’m in the outskirts of Berlin now which is where stage 17 starts. It goes from here in Benn to Valenc and I’ll be doing that tomorrow but I’m going to be riding just like a few miles of it to finish off today because our accommodation is a few miles into the route. So, might as well tick a few off now, but I’m just finding my way to the official start line. But hopefully there’ll be something there. I always like it if there’s a tour to France thing at the start. Well, I’ve made it to the stage 17 start. And yes, there is a banner. I’m underneath the arrow. Here we are. It’s blooming massive. Gee whiz. So, they’ll be coming here on the 23rd. It’s the 18th today. And I’ll be doing the stage tomorrow. There’s Panta Shining. And Kylie’s on his way. Here he is, Kylie. I’ll take one here. Yeah, I’ll take one on the Kodak. Yeah, they’ve actually got a proper banner on this one. Don’t know who they are, but you know, they’ve even got flags and everything. Right, stage 17. Here we go. It’s a 167.5 km stage with only about 5,700 ft of climbing. So, it’s not not a big climbing stage, but I’m only doing a couple of miles now. And I’m ready to finish and have a cold shower. Let me tell you that. hot with a capital H. So this is where they’ll roll out. Pagatcha, Grant Ty, all the big names, flags. It does feel really weird to think that I’m doing all the stages that the pros are doing. My wheels have touched by the pros have touched. Doesn’t really feel real, to be honest. All water long quite nice here village festive they’ll have some sort of tour to France thing going on there loads of stuff here got paintings and all sorts drag on. That’s where we’re staying tonight. I think that’s my day. Ding-dang. We’re outside the accommodation, but unfortunately, we’re 45 minutes early, so we can’t get in yet. So, I’m going to do a quick change by the car. Then, we’re just going to drive to the supermarket to get some dinner for tonight. And then by the time we get back, we’ll be allowed in. So, yeah, we’ll go and do that and then I’ll finish with the ride stats and we’ll cut the camera so we can enjoy Kyle’s 30th cuz it’s only quart 3. It’s quite an early early finish, but I did that on purpose so that Kyle could have an afternoon off. Well, that’s my day ding dang done. I got this really nice accommodation for Kyle. I’ll show you around in a minute. Kyle’s just having a sit down cuz he can’t quite believe what I’ve booked tonight. So, that was me watch. Right. Anyway, ride stats from today. 120.79 mi, which is 194.39 km. I went up 8,714 ft, which is 2,656 m. So actually further distance not that hilly just off to the one big Mont Bon 2. Average speed 14.3 mph so nice and steady. And my bum was in the saddle for 8 hours 26 minutes and 18 seconds. So I absolutely going off. Sorry. I absolutely loved the one two climb. Honestly, I’ll do that again. I really really enjoyed it. I think it was beautiful cuz I took it slow. It was just really nice. I think because people had told me it was going to be really bad and people told me it’s like a wall at the top and it’s horrible. I think tomally was worse than that. So, I’m happy with that. But anyway, I’ll show you around. Birthday boy. Just having a little snack. Yeah. Bit dizzy. He’s got this very lovely massive coffee. Not very happy about that, are you? No. But anyway, this is what I booked us for tonight as part of Kyle’s birthday present cuz I’m very happy. I spent the dollar. Basically, this in here is probably going to steam up for the camera cuz it’s really warm. We’ve got our own pool. Our own pool and our own little jacuzzi. So, it’s like half 4 now, so we’re just going to chill in here for a bit. Cook some dinner. I got Kyle some sausages from the thingy. Got him a little banner. So, they even gave Kyle a free bottle of wine, but he said he’s not going to drink it, are you, Kyle? No. He’s not drinking until Paris. And then up there’s our little bed. So, Oh, and the lovely people. Um, Kevin, what was his wife called, Kyle? Don’t know what his wife was called. Kyle, but they got him Kyle a birthday cake. But Kyle did not take care of the birthday cake, did you, Kyle? You didn’t take very good care of your birthday cake cuz it got a bit squished in transit. But I’m a little sad about it by I’m upset about it, too. But it doesn’t matter what it looks like. It’s more about what it tastes like. So, let’s have a look. Hang on a minute. I’m going to have to car’s getting lots of birthday messages and I can’t open it. Hang on. Yeah. Um, it’s a bit, you know, probably wasn’t looked like that when it first was made, but I’m sure it will taste nice. Bottoms up. Oh yeah, Kyle, this is nice. Strawberries are very good. So, we’ll eat this tonight after dinner. So, thank you very much. I’m sorry that it got squished. And they also give us some chocolate for Kyle as well. So, overall, Kyle, have you had a good 30th? I have. Good. This was a nice surprise. I didn’t expect it. Didn’t expect this to do it. Right. Have you bought you some swimming shorts? cuz I did tell you to. When I told you to bring your swimming trunks, what did you think? I was thinking more for Paris. For Paris? Oh, what are you going to do with your trunks in Paris? Find a spa somewhere. We can do that too if you want. Anyway, thank you so much for watching everyone. Captain, what’s the plan tomorrow? The captain under the S. We got 170 miles on the menu tomorrow. 175, I think. Mhm. I’ve not actually put the book in. Yeah. So basically I’ve got well I know I’ve got stage 17 which is from here to Valenc and then I’ve got 80 Valance and then I’ve got an 81 mile transfer. But I’ve done that because I’ve then the next day I’ve got the queen stage which I’m just doing the stage cuz I don’t want to transfer. That’s going to be really hard that day. But anyway, one day at a time I’m going to hit that pool whack on me cozy. Listen. Yeah, we’ve managed to get this far over 3,000 mi now. which means you’re 34 of the way done. 3/4. And I thought to myself, oh, imagine if we got £30,000 donations by 3,000 mi. And we’re on over 40 now. I’m 42,000. In terms of taking that out, don’t do yourself out the gift aid. Yeah. So, if you include all that on the offer on donations, over 50. Over 50. I can’t believe it. Thank you so much, everyone. I really, really, really appreciate it. But yeah, we’re going to go now and enjoy Kyle’s birthday. So, see you tomorrow. TTCFN. Goodbye. Or Oh, actually, Kyle, can you finish on a joke? You got any jokes for me today? I love these jokes. We keep forgetting to read them out. Finish on a joke. I’ll read them to myself. No. Um, here we go. Here we go. Happy birthday, mate. Dad joke 21. Hey, we’re on day number 23. Yeah, but he’s probably starting a little later. Yeah, he’s missed. Do you know why I get heat burn when heartburn when I eat birthday cake? Hang on, let me think. heart birthday cake because I didn’t blow the candles out. Forget to flow the card candles. Oh, I got it. That’s the first time I’ve ever got a joke. Yeah, I’m not having that. I’ll get another one that I’ve not done near the beginning probably. Yeah. Give me a minute. I think I’ve read these. All right, here we go. My wife asked me to get six cans of Sprite from the grocery store. I realized when I got home that I’d picked seven up. Oh, what a amazing job. It wasn’t as good, but it was okay. Anyway, it’s time to go now. How much does the rainbow weigh? Not much. They are actually pretty light. I don’t get it. You How much does rainbow weigh? Not much. They’re pretty light. They are pretty. Pretty. Pretty as in pretty. Yeah. Light. Pretty light. As in Oh, cuz they’re made out of light. Cuz they’re pretty And they’re light. They’re made out of light. Yeah, of course they are. Right. That one’s a bit more over my head, but Gab’s a bit too one. Right. Anyway, goodbye. Goodbye. So, I’ve just come back on for a little side note. I’m in my room. We’ve just been in the um lovely pool. Bit of a loud noise from the air con. Sorry. Just wanted to say we did I looked for the Tom Simpson. Hold that. That’s not good. What is it? Oh. All right. Didn’t think it was very loud. Anyway, that you can’t hear anymore cuz the air gone off. Um I just wanted to come back on to say I looked for the Tom Simpson. Well, I was kind of looking out for the Tom Simpson memorial today. So was Kyle. I don’t know how on earth we missed it. So I’m a bit upset about that. I really wanted to see it cuz I wanted to see it and stop and take a photo. But then I think I was all in a bit of a tizz when I was going up there just you know in the mood of climbing. So I’m sorry about that cuz I wanted to pay my respects because you know he’s a cyclist that died in the tour to France. 1967 I believe. Bloody hell. You don’t show me that. So, how did you know that? Did someone tell you had the CL on the way up? I looked it up. I thought it’d be good to know. But we didn’t get to see it. So, I’m sorry about that. But we did try. I can’t believe we missed it. We’ll have to go back up again. Oh, we’ll be going back up again. I will. I literally just looked where it is. We must have gone past it. And I knew that it was nearest the top. We must have just completely missed. I don’t know. And I’ve just looked where it is, right? M and I was doing Instagram pictures of you at the time of roughly where it is. That’s probably why we missed it then cuz it would have been to my right fuffing around and I would have been filming to the left. That’s our going to dig into my potato. Mhm. The car box got 175 miles to do tomorrow. So goodbye.