Paris – Rest / Sight seeing day. 0 miles. Our bikes rested overnight in the hotels atriam outside our bedroom. On arrival despite the perfect English email with acknowledgment of us having to store two bikes, it turns out no one thought to tell reception where that might be. They do provide a talking point […]
Cycling Day 6 Sacred intervention.
Villennes-sur-Seine – Notre-Dame Paris 27 miles plus 5 The day started uneventfully. We declined breakfast at the hotel with the intention of finding a cafe on route. We decided not to try and find ‘The’ Avenue Vert but follow the Garmin. The French bureaucrat who uploaded this Garmin route obviously knew Paris well as the […]
Cycling Day 5 It’s all forgotten in the morning.
La Houssoye – Villennes-sur-Seine 40 miles plus 4. When we returned to the room last night mine hosts had left a bottle of wine produced from their own vineyard on the door step. This was a lovely gesture and we have stored the gift in Ed’s pannier. ( Ed want’s to reduce weight by drinking […]
Cycling Day 4 The longest day.
Neufchatel en bray – la Houssoye. 43 miles plus 10. As long as there are no deviations, today should be our furthest day. I did witness various magic creams being applied before we set off, no doubt in anticipation of the expected 40 plus miles. However, I should probably not mention this, but of course […]
Cycling Day 3 Espionage a foot.
Quiberville -Dieppe – Neufchatel en bray 35 miles. Today we complete the last section of the coastal cycleway called veĺo route du littoral along the coast to Dieppe and then turn towards Paris on the Avenue Vert. I did this part of the ride with the Dynosorearse group several years ago and was impressed with […]
Cycling Day 2 Stairway to heaven
Fecamp to Quiberville. 35 miles plus 6. After refusing madam’s breakfast in favour of a cafe on route we visit the supermarket for water, pate, fruit, and bread for lunch. We commence the long climb out of Fecamp with its lovely views of the town. Just at the steepest point it starts to rain. Luckily […]
Cycling Day 1 what’s the time?
Le Havre to Fecamp 36 miles We slept untill 8:30 local time although both phones showed different times so we were not sure. The morning did not start well. Not only had I discovered I’d forgotten my tooth brush last night, but also the shaving cream this morning. After my compatriot had stopped gloating she […]
Cycling Day 0 Whats wrong with us?
We parked in the same dubious looking car park in Portsmouth and did the short cycle ride to the ferry check-in. After checking our passports madam took a second look at the two of us on our bikes and asked if we really needed the wheelchair access cabin that I had booked. It was difficult […]
Cycling France 2019
Ed and retired compatriot Sue are preparing for the off tomorrow. Bikes being serviced, equipment identified, magic creams located and panniers packed. I wonder what they will contain this year? Tomorrow morning it is off to Portsmouth to park the car then onto two wheels for the short cycle to the ferry port.
This will be the new blog location
You can follow Ed and the newly to be retired compatriot in August.
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