An exciting breakaway stage today for the cyclists, with a fair bit of attacking of the General Classification too. Another hot day here today, I am not very good at the heat! I would prefer it if it was a bit cooler over night, I shall keep hoping!

I finished plying my longdraw singles. The last skein is chain-plyed, and as expected this is the lumpiest of the lot. Chain-plying has a tendency to magnify thick and thin sections because of the way it is constructed. I think this is the least favourite of my plying experiments.

I am looking forward to them drying properly so I can have a go knitting them. I am planning to try some different stitch patterns and different tensions if I have enough yarn, to get a feel of how these yarns behave.

Today’s coin is a Chinese 1 Yi Yuan, for no reason other than that it is pretty 🙂 Apologies to today’s winner Rui Costa, I don’t have a Portuguese coin.

Another fun discovery of the day is the Australian programme Taste le Tour, fun recipes and info about food in the different areas of France that the Tour is cycling through 🙂