Mileage on day one was actually 95 as when we arrived in Calais our hotel was a little further. We left Calais at a much more sensible time of 8am. There were some long, long, long hills before lunch and my aching legs were soon warmed up.
After lunch it was a gently undulating ride and the slower pace due to tired legs allowed us take in more of the gorgeously green countryside.
Highlight of the day was one of my fellow riders, Gary, being in a daydream and riding straight past a right hand turn. He had his iPod on and couldn't hear us yelling him so we had to sprint after him yelling his name. In the end he heard us and turned around but we had done an additional 4 miles...
Lowlight of the day is a tie between the unexpected downpour 4 miles from our days target of Abbeville and the puncture I got, literally outside the dor of our hotel for the night!!!
We did 75 miles today, only 70 tomorrow. We're over half way now, and I've broken my top speed record which is now 39.2 mph..
Tomorrow we leave for Bourvais. Bon nuit from France.
# posted by Simon Eyre @ 6:34 pm