20. Day 12. 2nd September 2013

Start Point: Ludres 890'
Highest Point during the day: 1330'
End Point: Bains-les-Bains 1020'
Total Climbing 1220'
Climbing difficulty factor 38
Distance: 62 miles
Cumulative distance: 593 miles

Can anybody help me with French? I took this photo where I stopped for a break this morning. I would look it up on the internet but have to keep running to the loo:

 No, I didn't drink it, although it was very cold and tempting.

Breakfast was a supermarche stop at 9.30 consisting of crepes and the drink whose name I use when book a hotel. (It works fine if you say "Lipton - comme le the"

The morning was a slower than usual start. A combination of third day energy levels down, and a few texts and emails to sort out. I had a few 15 minute stops and had only 31 miles done by 1 o'clock instead of my targeted 40.

Most of today's route was on minor roads following the Moselle river south. By lunchtime I was at Epinal and stopped to see how Jennee got on in her interview for a new job. By the time I got to my destination of Bains-les-Bains, she had been offered the job. Well done Jen!

I'm supposed to be having my rest day tomorrow, but I'm not sure I want to spend a day wandering round this place. I've spent half an hour tonight doing that and it's a bit dead. It looks like a town that once did well with tourism - there are some springs here, hence the name - but it's seen better days and a lot of hotels and shops are closed. I'm wondering whether to do a short day tomorrow (20 miles or so) then have Wednesday as my day off. I'll have a look at the map and weigh things up.

I seem to be ahead of plan - about 200 miles to Wengen with a flight home booked in 11 days. So should be able to be a bit flexible. Here is the latest map: