The final day of my Burgundy Fest trip.
The day starts badly:
- I can’t find my biker id bracelet
- Its raining
- I forgot to download the route onto my GPS so have to unpack my netbook to download it
- Then I forget that the route starts from a point 30 miles south, so have to amend it on the go
But I get going in the end & the rain stops, so when I fill up with petrol its off with all the waterproofs.
I stop off at a cafe/tabac to buy some ciggies and sit outside with an expresso coffee. One of the old guys in the bar having their morning beer comes out to have a look at the bike. It’s time like this /I wish my french was better as I could not understand what he said to me!
The roads once again are great
My GPS route does not go to plan as it starts to take me onto the motorway, so i stop and replan my route as I have plenty of time so can take in a few more green routes.
However this turns out to be not such a great idea as one road,although marked as green is not particularly pretty and consists of 21 km of villages each one only about 100 metres apart-which means riding at 50/70 km an hour for most of the road :O(
The next green road is nearly as bad,so i decide just to hit shortest route to Eurotunnel, which then takes me down some great roads.
The Channel tunnel is clearly marked,even though I am coming in from a smallish road
More lamp post spotting!
I get to Eurotunnel early and I’m able to book in on the earlier crossing-although this does have its downside as i do not get a chance to go the the Terminal Building & use the facilities (loos)
This sign made me chuckle
Tuesday afternoons are not busy!
Once again I thought I was going to be the only biker,but 2 other guys joined me shortly after this photo
Another beautiful sky
A first,we are going near the front of the train in the double height carriage-they definitely are not busy
Looking down the carriage-for once the long ride is at the beginning rather than when we arrive back in UK .
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Well that’s the first part of my summer adventure over. My next trip is not a biking one-I am flying to Turkey for a weeks sunshine with one of my best friends Debbie.
I’m not sure whether I will have wi-fi out there-somehow I doubt is as its a cheap ‘& cheerful holiday, so it may be about a week before I post again.
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