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Nice. Have you tagged the right Donut there, though?
Or this one?
https://www.lfgss.com/profiles/49837/
(It is, of course, quite possible that you meant the exclamation point-less Donut, just curious, as they've always caused confusion between them. :) )
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Thought that was you we went passed near the final KM mark on Sunday. My mate and I were planning to do the same route as you guys, but he forgot to book his Newhaven-Dieppe ferry ticket and they sold out, so at the 11th hour switched to Dover-Calais. 32hrs door to door no sleep. And ALL the hills. Not another cyclist in sight the whole way. I can see why! Amazing ride and countryside, but def taking the Newhaven route next time. Or breaking it up and getting some sleep.
Oliver Schick
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@cornelius_blackfoot
Just finished doing london to Paris with @Donut! Have become a touring convert.
Full write up once I get back to Blighty, but enjoyed the long downhills on the ride to Newhaven, the mass of cyclists waiting to get on the ferry. Spending time on the avenue verte from dieppe to forges les Eaux, then hitting winding French d roads as the Garmin took us on a circuitous route to beauvais, leapfrogging various groups of touring cyclists as they rode what seemed to be faster routes. Then beauvais to Paris, chasing down charity riders on their way to Paris on the d927, after losing faith in the winding route that the Garmin kept putting us on, which was lovely and scenic but not the quickest, then the reversion to city cyclist as we hit the suburbs of Paris and heading deep into the centre for a spin round the arc de triomphe..
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