About to be storm bound.....

I am really glad we were in a hotel last night - lots of blitzzen and it came down in bucket fulls. To hot to have the windows shut so lay there and listened. The forecast was for it to stop at 1000 and it did so off we set on wet roads and continued south. More corn fields, lots more cows and a few chickens and goats. We have slipped out of Brittany and are now in Mayenne. It is appears that this is the part of France that is the butt of all their jokes - lucky there is not many folk living here - we saw at most a dozen people all day.
The weather got better all day and this afternoon we were in sunshine with a few clouds. The folk seem friendly despite me flying a white ensign on my bike and wearing a union flag cycling cap - at least they all speak English to me straight away.
Vitre was a medevil town with half wood terraced houses, cobbled streets and lots of touristy resaurants.
The forecaste is not good. We are expecting storms tonight and tomorrow morning with 25 gusting 40 knots of wind tomorrow from the southwest - just where we want to go - not good cycling weather.
Our very good landlady from last night in the Hotel Le Petit Billot spent much time sorting us a hotel for tonight and here we are. In Craon. The pronuctuation of Craon involves the sound of gathering all the spittle and saliva you can and forcing it down your nose - we avoid saying Croan.
The day 3 syndrome of tired legs etc. are all gone and cycling should get better from now on. Having said that the guide says that the terrain gets a little more rolling now - we already thought it hilly.
John's bike needs more work - it is the same problem as he had a couple of days ago - his bottom bracket is working loose and needs specialist tools to fix. Bike shop tommorrow I guess.
Dist 42.66km Odo 217.4