Dieppe to EuA bump to ask a question: Could someone give me the route(s) you took between Dieppe and Ypres? Would be handy for the FNRttk return ride I'm planning.
Thanks. Following Rebecca's track as precisely as I can (some roads are one-way) it works out as 122 miles door-to-door, Google Maps' cycle routing gives me 115. I'll likely look at a combination of the two, keep the distance down a bit. As I won't be getting into Dieppe until six or seven at a rough guess, quieter options at that end would probably be better. I think I'll avoid the Kemmelberg though- the Litespeed does not float over cobblestones, sadly.@StuAff
the route Dieppe to Eu we followed is on minor roads and utterly flat and is a bit wiggledy-windy whereas the main road is busy in the day but dead straight, so if you are riding at a quiet time the main road might be quicker.
Eu to Hesdin - goes past the only WW1 Chinese cemetery maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: worth a five minute stop.
Hesdin-Ypres - that route avoids the Kemmelberg, which the recce visited but on the day we were in two groups, so you might prefer to go over the kemmel hill and spend a bit of time on the famous cobbles.
Fortunately, most mapping sites give elevation calculations. And indeed, utterly flat is unlikely!I would take these two words
With a pinch of salt.
... utterly flat is unlikely! ...
By popular demand, here's a photo of the intrepid pedalo-ists arriving back after their treacherous circumnavigation of Utrecht.
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I think tomorrow's ride towards Amsterdam will have a slow average speed.