It was 12.00 by the time the Mayors presentation was finished. This did not leave much time to do any major cycling, so the groups took the opportunity make their official visits to the shops / supermarkets in nearly La Rochelle. This was the boys opportunity to shop for presents for parents, brothers and sisters. Most groups visited the "Carrefour" shopping centre on the near side of La Rochelle. The senior group in a bid to get to a "Decathlon" sports shop cycled to the Carrefour centre on the far side of La Rochelle. They were rewarded for their extra distance, as they were able to get some cycling gear that were looking for, that would have been unavailable elsewhere.

In the meantime the other groups were spending every last Franc they had, and were thoroughly enjoying it. The cars again provided transport of the goodies back to the hotel. The shopping over, all the groups had to be back at the hotel for 4.00pm, in time for the official visit of the club to the swimming pool.

The pool already had several groups in it by the time we arrived, but they were able to accommodate us, much to our relief. The lads had great time. There was a long and fast water slide with got great use. There were several jacuzzi like baths to relax any aching muscles in. The greatest attraction turned out to be an innocent looking "Octopus"-like inflatable that was anchored in the middle of the pool. Initially it was used as a diving platform, but later the object of the afternoon was to try to get to the top of it without getting knocked off it by a fellow cyclist.

Bob Semple went the whole hog and visited the "Thelosatherapie", situated just across the road from the hotel, while the main group was at the pool. At the thelosatherapie centre he had a several full body massages interspersed with steam baths, cold showers, and therapeutic seaweed. (Yes, seaweed). He did not relate too many of the details of his visit to the centre, but he looked like a very happy camper afterwards, so it must have been good.

The match went well for all the MU fans, and spirits were high later in the evening. After the match the kids under the supervision of some of the adults visited an arcade. This seemed to be the highlight of the evening for most, even surpassing the MU win.

We left La Rochelle at about 10.30, and after a few light refreshments in the Hotel, everyone retired for the night.