StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
What, another day report already? Well, I started so I'll try and finish....
Tuesday. Today was the longest mileage planned, and I had thoughts of extending my riding to get another century in. I didn't bother with that (eating and drinking and nattering takes up too much time!
). Still ended up an eighty mile day, though. On arrival at the cathedral square, Chris showed off his saddle, somewhat in a state of disrepair. He'd already been to Decathlon (just up the D613 from the Ibis budget) in the company of Martin and Gordon to buy a replacement, and Brooks replaced this one under warranty without issues....
The first part of today's route was pretty much a repeat of Monday's, as it took us north, but then we went east, to Moyaux, for the morning rather than afternoon coffee stop. It was here we first met Graham, a tourist on a trike. Turns out he was staying in Lisieux....
Then on we went east and on to our lunch stop, the extremely pretty village of Le Bec Hellouin, and its Benedictine abbey.
Multiple options for food and drink, ended up eating at a creperie with John. Rather excellent gallette, then a crepe version of cafe gourmand (three crepes with different toppings). When I went for a bit of a walk, I found Martin auditioning for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square...
Then, on we went to Brionne and our coffee stop. On the outskirts of town, we stopped at the ruins of an 11th century donjon. Awesome view of the town and surrounding area too....
Then, down into Brionne for coffee, before back west to base. I was invited to dinner with Team Campsite, where Kev cooked up a barbecue feast. A most excellent evening. We were joined for a while by the aforementioned Graham, who it turns out had lived in Portsmouth for some years and absolutely hated the place. I was very diplomatic (for once!).
Tuesday. Today was the longest mileage planned, and I had thoughts of extending my riding to get another century in. I didn't bother with that (eating and drinking and nattering takes up too much time!
). Still ended up an eighty mile day, though. On arrival at the cathedral square, Chris showed off his saddle, somewhat in a state of disrepair. He'd already been to Decathlon (just up the D613 from the Ibis budget) in the company of Martin and Gordon to buy a replacement, and Brooks replaced this one under warranty without issues....The first part of today's route was pretty much a repeat of Monday's, as it took us north, but then we went east, to Moyaux, for the morning rather than afternoon coffee stop. It was here we first met Graham, a tourist on a trike. Turns out he was staying in Lisieux....
Then on we went east and on to our lunch stop, the extremely pretty village of Le Bec Hellouin, and its Benedictine abbey.
Multiple options for food and drink, ended up eating at a creperie with John. Rather excellent gallette, then a crepe version of cafe gourmand (three crepes with different toppings). When I went for a bit of a walk, I found Martin auditioning for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square...
Then, on we went to Brionne and our coffee stop. On the outskirts of town, we stopped at the ruins of an 11th century donjon. Awesome view of the town and surrounding area too....
Then, down into Brionne for coffee, before back west to base. I was invited to dinner with Team Campsite, where Kev cooked up a barbecue feast. A most excellent evening. We were joined for a while by the aforementioned Graham, who it turns out had lived in Portsmouth for some years and absolutely hated the place. I was very diplomatic (for once!).
Coffee in Cormeilles (no, no time for another visit to the distillery), then on to Pont-Audemer. We did something a little different for the next stretch, on the D87. It was as flat as a flat thing and as straight as a straight thing, so those who were so inclined had the option to chain gang. Those of us on Strava were holding 15mph+ averages for the near five mile stretch, and we weren't the fastest...
