Did London to Paris on thursday night / friday, riding down to Newhaven after work.
Thursday evening was a lovely time to be out riding, though it felt almost early autumnal at times. Arrived in Newhaven just as the mist was rolling in off the sea and the temperature dropped quite a bit.
Didn't get a cabin on the boat which was possibly an error (though there weren't any available when I booked anyway). The reclining seats are pretty hard to sleep in but managed to doze a bit before getting kicked off the boat in the dark in Dieppe.
Got straight on the Avenue Verte which was great fun initially but a) I flatted twice on it, b) there was a thunderstorm and c) it's fucking tedious after a while, so I was glad to get to Forges les Eaux and get some brekky.
But then the sun came out so took another stop in Gournay en Bray to dry all my kit out.
The rest of the day consisted of lovely rolling roads and hell of a lot of wheat
Before a really shitty 30 odd mile into Paris. I was planning on the Donald Hirsch route but the forest tracks looked like a MTB was required and I really didn't fancy them after two flats earlier in the day.
Finally landed under the Eiffel Tower approx 24 hours after leaving work the evening before.
Did London to Paris on thursday night / friday, riding down to Newhaven after work.
Thursday evening was a lovely time to be out riding, though it felt almost early autumnal at times. Arrived in Newhaven just as the mist was rolling in off the sea and the temperature dropped quite a bit.
Didn't get a cabin on the boat which was possibly an error (though there weren't any available when I booked anyway). The reclining seats are pretty hard to sleep in but managed to doze a bit before getting kicked off the boat in the dark in Dieppe.
Got straight on the Avenue Verte which was great fun initially but a) I flatted twice on it, b) there was a thunderstorm and c) it's fucking tedious after a while, so I was glad to get to Forges les Eaux and get some brekky.
But then the sun came out so took another stop in Gournay en Bray to dry all my kit out.
The rest of the day consisted of lovely rolling roads and hell of a lot of wheat
Before a really shitty 30 odd mile into Paris. I was planning on the Donald Hirsch route but the forest tracks looked like a MTB was required and I really didn't fancy them after two flats earlier in the day.
Finally landed under the Eiffel Tower approx 24 hours after leaving work the evening before.
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