Uphill Uphill and Finally Down

The skies were grey and everyone checked that their rain jackets were handy.
We experienced several instances of light showers but nothing which took clothes more than 30 minutes to dry.
Whilst the first 25klm had a few inclines it was the final 90 metre climb over a kilometre which tested most out. My trusty steed was first of the non e-bikes to summit .. guess after 4 weeks I have some fitness in the old legs.
We visited French mansions, a coffee shop/mini golf facility in the middle of a forest and the venue where the armistice ending WW1 was signed .. a rail carriage in the middle of nowhere.
Tonight we are berthed in Compiegne where Joan of Arc met her doom. Czytaj więcej