AngliaEpsom Railway Station51°20’1” N 0°16’5” W
1 lipca 2010, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Started from Epsom after a gear check with Chris, who would be joining me later. Rode into London, mostly following the Thames to reach Kings-Cross St Pancras - before taking the 14:04 Eurostar to Czytaj więcej
FrancjaForêt de Guînes50°50’30” N 1°52’49” E
1 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
My first trip through 'the Chunnel' and on Eurostar. This doubled as my late lunch stop; the Eurostar light lunch included a small cheese pie, a medley of vegetables with a small side salad, bread and Czytaj więcej
FrancjaParis Nord Souterrain Railway Station48°52’53” N 2°21’27” E
1 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ 🌙 32 °C
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 Czytaj więcej
FrancjaForêt de Sénart48°40’1” N 2°28’18” E
2 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
I rode down as far the forests south of Paris. Even though it didn't really get dark untuil around 22:00, to achieve that I had to ride into the night.
As far as I knew, I was still a long way from Czytaj więcej
FrancjaBoissise-la-Bertrand48°31’18” N 2°35’8” E
2 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
I headed south east throguh the forests, rejoining the Seine for a few stretches. I managed to stock up on water - I have a further 6l stapped on the bike now, but am yet to find a supply of camping Czytaj więcej
FrancjaFontainebleau48°24’7” N 2°41’51” E
2 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
I slowly made my way to the historic town of Petit Vile' Fontainebleau. I mostly used beautiful forestry tracks through the surrounding Fonainleaux foreest. The bumpy, rooted trails did seem to be Czytaj więcej
FrancjaLoing48°22’56” N 2°48’9” E
2 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
As there had been a number of set-backs I elected to take the afternoon off and end the day in the Fontainebleau area. I stayed at a camp site on the south eastern edge of the Fontenbleaux forest, Czytaj więcej
FrancjaJonches47°48’27” N 3°35’46” E
3 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
There was a thunderstorm this morning and the tent has done ok. I stayed put until it passed which I think was the smart move, but means I wasn’t underway until after noon. I'm hoping that with the Czytaj więcej
FrancjaAvallon47°29’13” N 3°54’26” E
4 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
On the evening of the 3rd, I made it to a camp site at Vermenton, about 25Km out side of Avallon. Camping les Coullemières was almost full, and it was quite late; at first it looked like I might be Czytaj więcej
FrancjaGrosbois-en-Montagne47°18’49” N 4°36’27” E
4 lipca 2010, Francja ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
With nearly 100Km behind me so far today, I stoped for a break and an ice cream at Lac de Grosbois-en-Montagne.
When I moved to set off, I discovered I had cracked the rim of the front wheel - no Czytaj więcej
