Bloody hell, not another Cyclefrance biking holiday!! - Page 2

Cyclefrance · 07-07-2008, 02:12 AM

Distances:

Day 1 - 35 miles - the hardest - too many hills, constant opposing wind, blazing sun
Day 2 - 45 Miles - the easiest - gentle drop from hill to marshland, flat cycling thereafter
Day 3 - 55 miles - the most scenic, gradual climb from riverside to plateau
Day 4 - 65 miles - the most satisfying - seeing the Eiffel tower some 30 miles distant from atop the hill that surrounds the Paris basin was a real 'gonna make it' moment

HungLikeJesus · 07-07-2008, 02:32 AM

You're missing 20 miles in there somewhere.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2008, 04:03 AM

Thanks cf, I'd much rather do this trip vicariously, through your posts.
So, on the first day the ups were downers, and the downs were uppers"?

Man, I love Francine's matting!

Cyclefrance · 07-07-2008, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Thanks cf, I'd much rather do this trip vicariously, through your posts.
So, on the first day the ups were downers, and the downs were uppers"?

Man, I love Francine's matting!

Spot on as usual, Bruce - and the wind got right up my nose!

glatt · 07-07-2008, 08:50 AM

What a great thread! Looks like a great trip.

I really enjoyed that bridge sequence. A human powered drawbridge is very cool.

Cyclefrance · 07-07-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

What a great thread! Looks like a great trip.

I really enjoyed that bridge sequence. A human powered drawbridge is very cool.

I should have added that there were about six of these bridges in sequence along this stretch of canal - so no sooner had the boat passed through and the current bridge been closed, than our brace of bridgemen was scuttling off to the next one in line to have that opened in time for the boat's arrival. Not sure what happens when you have another boat coming from the opposite direction at the same time....

Cyclefrance · 07-07-2008, 03:47 AM

Bloody mathematicians!

We did some cycling while there and to get to Gare de Nord to catch the train back (a story in itself).

Ommission down to prosaic licence, my well hung messiah (prosaic licence being kept in the back pocket - for those that remember - seems such a long time ago now...).

PS (through courtesy of 'edit' function) - and we got lost a couple of times en route (does anything ever go as planned? - the 200 was the planned mileage), and we all had our own cycling computers, none of which agreed on the total mileage - mileage from my Garmin satnav 212 miles on arrival Paris (probably the most accurate) but others recorded over 230

Cyclefrance · 07-07-2008, 03:49 AM

Reminds me - did you hear the one about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with a pencil (ca. 1960 - probably should have stayed buried, must have been the Jesus effect caused it to re-surface!) No offence meant HLJ and trust none taken (I have my afterlife to consider and can't afford to offend prospective deities)

HungLikeJesus · 07-07-2008, 11:06 AM

CF, I spent 51 days cycling through Europe in 1988. (From Frankfurt to London). Because we got behind schedule, we ended up taking a train from somewhere in central France and missed all of this area. It's good to see what we missed. We may have to go back.

Cyclefrance · 07-07-2008, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

CF, I spent 51 days cycling through Europe in 1988. (From Frankfurt to London). Because we got behind schedule, we ended up taking a train from somewhere in central France and missed all of this area. It's good to see what we missed. We may have to go back.

Have a look here then - it should turn that 'may' into a 'must' - better still, join us next year, we're planning on doing the Normandy landings combined with the Calvados route - beaches and booze - a near perfect combination!

TheMercenary · 07-08-2008, 11:19 AM

Beautiful Pics! To think of the hundreds of thousands of US troops that passed through those areas and saw the very same sites.

Undertoad · 07-08-2008, 11:36 AM

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Beautiful Pics! To think of the hundreds of thousands of Allied troops that passed through those areas and saw the very same sites.

fixed that for you

TheMercenary · 07-09-2008, 08:28 AM

True dat, but among the allied troops were hundreds of thousands of US troops.

07-07-2008, 02:12 AM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Distances: Day 1 - 35 miles - the hardest - too many hills, constant opposing wind, blazing sun Day 2 - 45 Miles - the easiest - gentle drop from hill to marshland, flat cycling thereafter Day 3 - 55 miles - the most scenic, gradual climb from riverside to plateau Day 4 - 65 miles - the most satisfying - seeing the Eiffel tower some 30 miles distant from atop the hill that surrounds the Paris basin was a real 'gonna make it' moment __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

07-07-2008, 02:32 AM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	You're missing 20 miles in there somewhere. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-07-2008, 04:03 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks cf, I'd much rather do this trip vicariously, through your posts. So, on the first day the ups were downers, and the downs were uppers"? Man, I love Francine's matting! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-07-2008, 03:47 AM	#7
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Bloody mathematicians! We did some cycling while there and to get to Gare de Nord to catch the train back (a story in itself). Ommission down to prosaic licence, my well hung messiah (prosaic licence being kept in the back pocket - for those that remember - seems such a long time ago now...). PS (through courtesy of 'edit' function) - and we got lost a couple of times en route (does anything ever go as planned? - the 200 was the planned mileage), and we all had our own cycling computers, none of which agreed on the total mileage - mileage from my Garmin satnav 212 miles on arrival Paris (probably the most accurate) but others recorded over 230 __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 07-07-2008 at 04:17 AM.

07-07-2008, 03:49 AM	#8
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Reminds me - did you hear the one about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with a pencil (ca. 1960 - probably should have stayed buried, must have been the Jesus effect caused it to re-surface!) No offence meant HLJ and trust none taken (I have my afterlife to consider and can't afford to offend prospective deities) __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

07-07-2008, 08:50 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What a great thread! Looks like a great trip. I really enjoyed that bridge sequence. A human powered drawbridge is very cool.

07-07-2008, 11:06 AM	#9
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	CF, I spent 51 days cycling through Europe in 1988. (From Frankfurt to London). Because we got behind schedule, we ended up taking a train from somewhere in central France and missed all of this area. It's good to see what we missed. We may have to go back. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-08-2008, 11:19 AM	#11
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Beautiful Pics! To think of the hundreds of thousands of US troops that passed through those areas and saw the very same sites. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-09-2008, 08:28 AM	#13
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	True dat, but among the allied troops were hundreds of thousands of US troops. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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