Annecy to north of Dijon, 200 miles
To make the route home more interesting, I wanted to do more of the Jura Mountains. Last time, my run through a bit of it had been brilliant so I'd taken more time over the route this trip.
The D991 up through the Jura Mountains was superb; a smooth mix of tight and gentle bends with minimal traffic. The 50 or so miles we did through here was sublime, me trying to catch up to the Beast and failing but loving every twist and turn.
We then took a great cross-country route up to Dole; bad name, pretty medieval town which we spent some time wandering around (we'd made good time and were well ahead of schedule).
We zig-zagged our way past Dijon, which I had planned to stop in but the heat (30 degC) and the thought of slow town traffic put me off. It was so hot, we stopped at a supermarket and wandered the aisles for 20 minutes just to enjoy their air-con and get some food for our stop tonight, which was a quaint old farmhouse in the middle of absolute nowhere, about 15 miles north of Dijon:
A great day to say goodbye to the wonderful roads we've enjoyed on this trip, with a relatively dull day tomorrow, except for a final twist...
Map of the route:
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