Day 209 Nov 04 Sun - Les 4 Pentes Camp after Coole to Parking Rest Camp after Provins
Passing thru small towns of hardly anybody
Guess this machine for watering the crops , the top is a piping with the hanging sprinkles
Glimpses of sun thru the cloud
In Provins junction
The bushes in front was the campsite
Parking rest area
Information Board
One of the downhill
Resin growing on the hill slopes of Routes de Champagne
Today's Distance: 102 km
Today's Temp:9 - 14°c
Average Speed:17.2 max: 68.5
Time on Bike:5 hr 57 min
Average climb:2% max: 9%
Trip Altitude:610 m max: 214 m
Today's spending:14.30 eur
Total Distance to date:13614 km
Total spending to date: 489.02 eur
A 100km finally! As I flipped thru my previous write-up,it was on Oct 22 ( Salzburg to River Inn Camp in Wasserburg). To do a 100km has never been easy here,you can't start early at 7 or 8 in the morning as it was still dark and often with thick mist,and the sun set early by 6 pm. Usually by 4 -5 pm I had to start looking for campsite. Started at 10 am ,was delay an hour by thick mist, the first 40 km to Sommersous and Sezanne on N4 was rather easy on flat down hill,then it was uphill rolling on the Routes de Champagne of Barbonne-Feyel and Villenauve la-Grande on D951, where lots of vineyards can be seen growing on the hill slopes. The road continued on D7- and D236 . By 5.30 pm after Provins, decided to camp near to the Parking rest area . Paris is just another 75 km! Have to start early ( if weather ok). Tomorrow should be THERE!!!!!!!!
Today's Temp:9 - 14°c
Average Speed:17.2 max: 68.5
Time on Bike:5 hr 57 min
Average climb:2% max: 9%
Trip Altitude:610 m max: 214 m
Today's spending:14.30 eur
Total Distance to date:13614 km
Total spending to date: 489.02 eur
A 100km finally! As I flipped thru my previous write-up,it was on Oct 22 ( Salzburg to River Inn Camp in Wasserburg). To do a 100km has never been easy here,you can't start early at 7 or 8 in the morning as it was still dark and often with thick mist,and the sun set early by 6 pm. Usually by 4 -5 pm I had to start looking for campsite. Started at 10 am ,was delay an hour by thick mist, the first 40 km to Sommersous and Sezanne on N4 was rather easy on flat down hill,then it was uphill rolling on the Routes de Champagne of Barbonne-Feyel and Villenauve la-Grande on D951, where lots of vineyards can be seen growing on the hill slopes. The road continued on D7- and D236 . By 5.30 pm after Provins, decided to camp near to the Parking rest area . Paris is just another 75 km! Have to start early ( if weather ok). Tomorrow should be THERE!!!!!!!!
5 comments:
"Tomorrow should be THERE!!!!!!!!"
I will drink to your success! A great day for you!
To all my lovely fans out there,sorry to keep you all waiting for so long.I arrived in Paris on the 6 Nov.Having some problems with the internet here,will try to finish my updates tomorrow. Stay tune
Today I noted your comment on arriving in Paris. Congratulations on a wonderful & skillful ride.
So today I - like many others - have toasted your success with the finest (Australian) red wine I could afford in honour of your achievement and to the role Heather (thus the 'red') played in your team effort for the first part of the expedition.
This has been a fantastic effort & a great adventure.
Neville, thanks . How i wish Heather and Ulla were there on top of the Eiffel. We started together in Beijing but left me alone in Paris.
Hi Meng,
Congratulations to you on achieving another century km/day. At age 51 that is something to be proud off.
Chong5
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