Aug 16 - soon ...

It's about 1:30 p.m.  Breakfast is over. Mass is over.   I wish that I'd have had the nerve to take some pictures in the church.  Whitewashed concrete with tall, tall trees, hardly even prepped, as pillars.  Old ?  Not so much.  Young ?  Recent construction ?  Well, not that recent given the neigbourhood, sort of old-world new, if you will.

On the way back, I filled up the tank and stopped at a market, wanting to get salad, i.e. green salad, but no luck.  It was a wonderful market and I could have bought lots of greens but there were no deli-type, pre-made green salads.  I did buy some fresh pate, an avocado and a salad de mer (calamari, shrimp, mussels etc. in oil).  Notice no bread.  So, so tempting !

I head out from here around 7:15-7:30 tonight with a scheduled 8pm departure time.  I have no idea how well organized this will be; whether they'll be running on time.  I sure hope so as I don't want to stand around for hours.

SPOT will be on -- http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=05ndnEHBc2PPuiqK3GtxQ4oTrqbNBZ7YM

The PBP website provides Control-to-Control status -- http://suivi.paris-brest-paris.org/T003.html

T003 is my frame number (T isn't for Thompson, it's the departure group), and the site also lets you look up people by name, I believe. Nothing shows up until I cross the first line, which will be the start, and my "chip" registers.

Sandy just went out for a walk; I should really have a snooze.  Before that, I'll go downstairs and do a little last minute bike check and tuning.  I've already prepped my drop bag, but of course everything will be with Sandy in the car.  Having things organized into a drop bag makes it more convenient.  I will get my luggage into the car before heading out for the ride.

What else ... I don't know.  Waiting to start these things is sometimes the hardest part.

Brest-ward !