Went into town to get my spoke fixed. Took about 15 min. to do, but chatted witht he guy for about 1 hour more. Talked about his solar house (second-hand stuff) and reclined bickes. He suggested front-whell drive to reduce friction losses. Warned me that I could expec more spokes to go and suggested that I respoke completely if that happens. Read books in the tent, pasta in town for lunch, pool for rest of afternoon. Many flys. Picnic of paté, cherry tomatoes, strawberries. Supposed to be 40° today, but more like 35°C. We probably would have gone if we knew it would be this temp. At night a possum came sniffing for food at our tent. Scared Ch. by scratching the tent. Hear rumors of a snake that got into a car engine that morning.