Calais to Lumbres (Pas de Calais), 30 miles, 7 Hours
Heavy rain and strong wind dogged their ride today. The first few miles in the Pale of Calais was flat. The stopped to have a look at the site of the Field of the Cloth of gold where Sir John Lisle (ancestor) was a courtier to Henry VIII in 1520. Then the hills started again as they bicycled along the old front line of the First world War (Vimy Ridge et al). They were going along small roads and lanes all the way. They saw many cemeteries from both World Wars quietly tucked behind fences and walls. It was a contrast to the beautiful countryside through which they rode.
They are now in Lumbres, still in the Pas de Calais region, staying at an old mill house. Both feeling very chirpy.
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