Evian

The waters are used by locals to water plants and the thermal spring is used to fill of all things evian bottles The town is old with Roman origins and a grandiose with an elaborate pump house and funicular which it needs as everywhere are hills except the lake side which has a fast N series road without our customary swiss bike lane.

A rather good photography exhibition bestial in nature at the Palais Lumiere (he lisved down the road) Joel Peter Witkin and some sad ones too. Made me proud to be a vegetarian.

After adjusting Sheila's derallier together with the aid of Cycling France lonely planet I scoot off to investigate alternative routes for the morrow. A day spent climbing and descending some >12% hills zooming past the Evian factory which dwarfs the town then  a pain o chocolate is called for and a stroll through the bijoux together.

Everyone is preparing for the winter snow in this place....time to get down south to Bordeaux and descend into the ancient illustrated caves.