There is not so much to say about this day, apart from that was a great cycling experience with largely tailwind. Makes (cycle) life a lot easier. Sunshine almost all the time, not very warm thoughg. Quite a bit up and down first, with beautiful views, and then mostly flat. Landscape changing between agriculture, forests and neighbourhoods (not the cheap variation).
Now staying in Le Crotoy, a small seaside village where the river Somme runs into the Atlantic.
I intended to camp, but this appeared problematic. Most campings don't take tents anymore, and when I finally found one (after several km extra cycling), it was full - couldn't even take one small tent! Quite surprising, even outside the main season. A lesson for the next days. Ended up in a hotel. More comfortable of course, but also like tenting as an alternative when the weather is nice.
Some pictuires from the trip below.
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| First place I passed was Boulogne-sur-Mer, with a bombastic statue remembering the passage of the Andes in 1815-16. Should such statues ble kept or removed? |
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| English graveyard from the First World War in Étaple. 15000 graves. |
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| From bridge close to Quend |
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Better safe than sorry. Slippery bridge, cyclist should walk. Of course nobody does, with 50 or so bridges like this it would make quite some walking.
Why throw away money at this kind of "safety" nonsense? |
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| Nice nature area right before Le Crotoy with lots of birds. Some nesting, see in front of picture. |
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| Altitude picture, about 450m up and down |
Longest trip so far, with 114 km and took me 9 hours (6:50 active cycling). Time included almost one hour searching for a place to spend the night Total distance 445 km
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