A short tour of the Somme and Oise and Seine-Maritime

[rich p]

My long tours are on hold at the moment due to a combination of circumstances.
I've managed to wangle a short tour of 5 days, taking the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry tomorrow morning.
The minimum I'm hoping for is some relatively dry weather, some beer, some food. Everything else is a bonus.

 

[Hill Wimp]

keep us entertained and updated then.

 

[Brandane]

My long tours are on hold at the moment due to a combination of circumstances.
I've managed to wangle a short tour of 5 days, taking the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry tomorrow morning.
The minimum I'm hoping for is some relatively dry weather, some beer, some food. Everything else is a bonus.

I was there just over a year ago. There is some nice cycling in the area around Amiens if that's the direction you're heading in (especially to the west of Amiens towards Albert and Bapaume on the cycle path along the Somme taking you out of Amiens and then a network of minor roads). There is an "Avenue Verte" cycle route from Dieppe to Amiens, and a cycle route from Amiens to Abbeville, a long section of which is off road on a good quality path along the banks of the Somme. Bound to be lots on just now to mark the century since the start of the Battle of the Somme. The Military Cemeteries in the area are numerous and sobering.

 

[slowmotion]

Have a great trip Rich.

 

[TheDoctor]

*envies*

 

[rich p]

So far, so good. I queued up for the ferry behind 50 middle-aged Hell's Angels; all very well behaved of course, but those Harleys make a hell of a din on the car deck. Beautiful, rural ride through impossibly picturesque deserted villages to a chi chi B&B in Eu (which the UK ain't!) Off to find a restaurant showing the Welsh game with luck. Oh, and a beer or two...

 

[TheDoctor]

I've often pondered a long weekend there - Dieppe to Treport, then to Forges Les Eaux and back to Dieppe along the converted railway line.
*envies some more*

 

[rich p]

I've often pondered a long weekend there - Dieppe to Treport, then to Forges Les Eaux and back to Dieppe along the converted railway line.
*envies some more*

That's more or less what I'm doing, Doc. Via Amiens and somewhere else, for an extra day or two. And a garden visit en route. If the weather behaves it's a lovely unsung area innit?

 

[rich p]

I really like the way you've planned it neatly to go there when the area will be all but deserted .

Sheer coincidence and ignorance - no surprise there then! Although, in truth, there's been no sign of anything going on. Rather the reverse, as is often the case in France.

 

[rich p]

I know it's silly but I feel slightly embarrassed to be English here right now.

 

[slowmotion]

I know it's silly but I feel slightly embarrassed to be English here right now.

You left your UKIP banner in Blighty.....?

 

[rich p]

You left your UKIP banner in Blighty.....?

I'd be right at home with it, Slomo, considering the number of anti-immmigrant graffiti I've seen already.

 

[rich p]

I hope you are having a great time, @rich p ..... just think, in your younger days, you'd be running the sort of distance you are covering on your bike.

I got back safe and sound. The weather could have been kinder but a good time was had. Cheers Rocky.