Albert to Noyon, 60 miles, 5.5hours
They made really good headway today. Weather has at last turned. They had a fine day. The road was flat and straight across the fertile lands of northern France. They are already well ahead with the harvest and starting to lift sugarbeet. They have now left Picardie and are passing through the northern part of the Ile de France (the ancient central part of the French Kingdom). They are in the Department of L’Oise.
Because they made such good time they arrived for a late lunch at Noyon, where they are staying the night. Ate in a small cafe – great steak to build up protein levels!
They are staying next door to Noyon Cathedral, an old medieval building which was heavily damaged during the Great War and restored over the next forty years – it’s huge apparently.
The bicycle has taken a bit of a battering with this bad weather and is creaking a bit. They are looking forward to getting it serviced in Troyes where they are spending two days on Sunday/Monday.
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I now hand over to my brother Peter for two weeks while I go and look at wildlife in Tanzania.......
Freddie
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