Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
24 miles, Haricourt-en-Caux to Jumiéges
The morning sun was strong and the chilly Northerly that had been at our backs for the last five days seemed to have gone. We left our little riverside home, waving goodbye to the flicky tailed coots and easy-life ducks, with the remains of the cider in a water bottle, and half the wine strapped […]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
25 miles, Dieppe to Haricourt-en-Caux
The decision was made over a leisurely breakfast in the late morning sun to leave the coast and head inland. Rolling hills tested our stamina going up and our courage whizzing down, and our cold but helpful tail wind stuck with us throughout. We’d started out late, after 11, so when we rolled into a […]
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
26 miles, Le Tréport to Dieppe
Neither of us slept well last night, the temperature had plummeted without warning (we don’t watch forecasts any more) and the wind had rattled the tent all night. On top of that, the climb out of the town was a real slog. We gave up trying to cycle and shoved our bikes up the hill […]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
0 miles, lazing around in Le Tréport
It rained hard all night last night, really hard. The tent did its job and kept us nice and dry although some of the pegs had started to pull out of the ground where it had got so soft. It’s pretty hard to sleep with the sound of constant wet hammering against the fly sheet […]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
17 miles, Baie de Somme to Le Tréport
We were all set to cover some decent mileage today, but after ten miles of pleasant easy cycling the heavens suddenly opened and within minutes the road was looking more like a river and thunder was crashing angrily all around us. Thankfully we were watching all this from behind the net curtains of a strange […]