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Great news. Well done on the ride. I have this kind of thing lined up for when the children have moved out and I can just take a credit card and disappear for a couple of weeks. So many fantastic cycle routes across Europe (including the UK), but you need time and independence to really have fun.
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Originally posted by k2p2 View PostWell, we made it. Most of the route was great, but las twenty miles or so a nightmare - long sections of the Seine towpath were closed, which meant putting ourselves at the mercy of Paris rush-hour traffic. But on the whole, a good trip - total 260 miles.
Got a couple of days in Paris now to recuperate.
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Well, we made it. Most of the route was great, but las twenty miles or so a nightmare - long sections of the Seine towpath were closed, which meant putting ourselves at the mercy of Paris rush-hour traffic. But on the whole, a good trip - total 260 miles.
Got a couple of days in Paris now to recuperate.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostAnd yet in Europe you see vast forests of bikes left out in the open over night, which in Britain would be unthinkable.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostBeen there, done that back in the 70s - London, Newhaven, Dieppe, Rouen, Versailles, ..
(Then on to Fontainebleau, Corbeil-Essonnes, Nemours, Montargis, Nevers, Moulins, Macon, at which point I decided the bike and I were both too knackered to go on and hopped on the train for the rest of the way to southern Italy. )
It would be great to try it again, although the traffic is probably worse these days, and I'd most likely flake out after the first day.
When I moved recently, I had 2 bikes, and wanted to get rid of the racing bike I had bought for £14 from auction. So I left it leaning against some railings in a park unlocked, as I was interested in seeing whether it would last until dusk, after which it would certainly disappear. It was gone when I checked it only 2 hours later. And yet in Europe you see vast forests of bikes left out in the open over night, which in Britain would be unthinkable.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostBeen there, done that back in the 70s - London, Newhaven, Dieppe, Rouen, Versailles, ..
(Then on to Fontainebleau, Corbeil-Essonnes, Nemours, Montargis, Nevers, Moulins, Macon, at which point I decided the bike and I were both too knackered to go on and hopped on the train for the rest of the way to southern Italy. )
It would be great to try it again, although the traffic is probably worse these days, and I'd most likely flake out after the first day.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
Forget high speed trains linking Paris to London, we now have a cycle track. It's a bit wet in the middle and gets steadily worse in England though, as Englanders don't understand cycling. It would also be jolly expensive if you hired one of Boris Johnson's bikes for the trip.
BBC News - The London-Paris cycle route that keeps getting you lost
(Then on to Fontainebleau, Corbeil-Essonnes, Nemours, Montargis, Nevers, Moulins, Macon, at which point I decided the bike and I were both too knackered to go on and hopped on the train for the rest of the way to southern Italy. )
It would be great to try it again, although the traffic is probably worse these days, and I'd most likely flake out after the first day.
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Originally posted by norrahe View Postbooooooo!
but you could find a pub with wifi and do it there
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostI can't believe that people think London's a dump. It's absolutely stunning at the moment. A properly revived city. I've spent quite a lot of time in both Paris and London this year and, like I said, I have absolutely no doubt about which direction I'd want to be riding in.
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Originally posted by norrahe View Postwe'll be expecting another blog with regular updates and beer/wine of the day of course
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