Day 15 continued - I don't want to see Tom's phone bill after these updates.

Tuesday 17th August - Castelnandry to Quillan 45 miles.

After possibly the worst night's sleep of the tour, the peleton managed to get out of the campsite at 9am. An amazing feat given George's narcolepsy. After pastries, the guys set off at a blistering pace towards the rolling hills in the distance. With the temperatures hitting 32 degrees Celsius, a stop was needed for water and they headed to Limoux. In scenes reminiscent of the allies in Eindhoven, they were welcomed into the town by lots of British tourists who wanted to find out how the guys were getting on. After the welcome distraction, James and Alex led everyone into the majestic foothills of the Pyrenees before Simon, Phil, Bush and George bombed on to the overnight stop in Quillan. They were made up to find a pool at the campsite and Ed 'Mad Dogg' Musson wasted no time in pulling out a John Smiths special to fire himself to bellyflop stardom (video to follow). This was accompanied by a number of controversial videos shot by Bustard around the kid's pool. However, they don't think he is at Gary Glitter's level yet. All in all it was a picturesque day as they move in to the business end of the tour. Even the sight of flames amongst the trees in the evening was not enough to dampen spirits. Louis claims it won't amount to much, so watch this space...