d30 c21 2011/08/08 0830-1800 97k1336 Beaurepaire-Tarare

Great views  - -  here's looking at the S side of Lyons and surrounding countryside

BUT this turned out to be more than I'd bargained for.
Hilly, with many slopes too steep for me to cycle fully, and therefore slow.
So I decided that once I'd got to the Col de la Croix de Ban, I'd stop at the next hotel.
Unfortunately, the villages had none, or had only a vendre hotels, until, after a hilly 32k, a hit in Tarare.
Running short of water would not have been a problem had it not been a Monday  - -  most bars and local shops closed  - -  and supermarkets not on this cross-country route.
Lesson (again):   better plan