Paris

Because of some delays collecting my bike and some miscalculation on my part I didn't get to role out from Gare du Nord station untuil about 19:00: far too late to make my target milage.

With the late start, there wasn't much time to look around, but I stopped at a few icons that were broadly on the way - this being my first trip to Paris since I was in my early teens.

City riding is slow, due to poor acceleration on a heavy bike and having to slow for speed bumps etc. Even so, I rode down the Seine heading toward the forests south of Paris.Read more