This is Nina's Postcard No 5 updated 4th August 2003 Diary entries for the latest stage: Day 5, Weds 9th July Bain-de-Bretagne - Nantes (Loire Valley) 80 Km Day 6, Thurs 10th July Nantes-Lucon via La Roche 90 Km Day 7, Fri 11th July Lucon-Royan, La Rochelle and Rochefort 90 Km Day 8, Sat 12th July Royan area 15 Km Day 9, Sunday 13th July Royan-Bordeaux via Blaye 120 Km  Postcard 5 The Message: " This Region between Rochefort and Bordeaux is very agricultural - field after field of wine groves sunflowers and even melons. It is really hot 35 deg C, which is making the going hard, and the 23rd puncture even more frustrating. We cycled yesterday like the New Beaujolais run to try and catch up, we slept yesterday in a park and last night in the grounds of a showjumping contest. The locals all seem to have the same attitude to sleeping rough - 'sure if you want to' " Postcard sent - I think - on Day 8 or 9 July 15/16th, received in Turnchapel on 19th click here for Diary   Leaving Turnchapel click on the links below here to see the postcards  1 & 2 Ferry & Jersey 3 St Malo 4 : Les Lucs-sur- Boulogne 5 Charente 6 Agen 7 La Rochelle 8 Carcassonne 9 Saissac 10 Orange 11 Val des Usses 12 Aix les Bains 13 Basel 14 Heidelberg 15 Saarbrucken 16 The Plane 17 Hastings 18 Chichester 19 Bournemouth                         watch for more news and pictures as they send more Postcards home for more info visit weblog page  click here to return to starting page for more info visit weblog Visit again soon for more news! These Pages are copyright © 2003 Nina Jenkin.