Bike vs. Lauren

After a long walk in the rain on Tuesday, we decided that hiring bicycles to ride to the closest beach 40 mins away was a good idea. It was at first.

The beach was excellent, by the way, since it's a kite surfing beach so we got to watch amazing tricks these guys could do!

After the beach we decided to stay close to the beach and have dinner with our new friend Sonja. After dinner we though we better ride home. It was around 9pm and completely dark (sunset is 6). I got on my bike to find out both tires were flat. I decided to ride it anyway as it was still faster than walking. It was making a loud flapping noise that made people stare. Either that or they were staring because Cindy and I were wearing headlamps and looked hella dorky.

Going was alright although I was constantly worried that I'd throw a tire, until we left town and started riding in the complete darkness, oh and the dogs.

Literally 45 dogs barked and or chased us as we rode home. Okay only a couple actually chased us. One particularily I could feel it's breath on my leg. Both Cindy and I were pedalling as fast as possible. And at one point Cindy even said "Oh God!" It was terrifying! I'm pretty sure French speaking dogs hate me.

The good news, we made it back. And it only took an hour! Fortunately Cindy switched bikes with me halfway. It's one heck of a workout riding a bike with 2 flat tires while being chased by mean French dogs.

C'est la vie