Amiens, France to Tournai, Belgium
The weather was all over the place on my 84m ride yesterday, with cloud, sun, rain, thunder and heavy hail! I've never been so pleased to cycle in the rain, very refreshing.
I'd been riding through the Somme region where many WWI battles happened, past four large British war cemeteries on the road I was on alone. It was an eye opening sight, the thousands of identical headstones. Brings home the sacrifices they made, and was good to see how well looked after it all was.
Apart from that all I've really seen is field after field of corn and potatoes, with windfarms scattered between. The French know how to do them properly, unlike the poxy windmills often littered around Britain now!
Got into Belgium late in the afternoon, everything instantly looked and felt different, as if I'd gone a thousand miles over the border, rather than one. And the horse steak I mentioned previously? I can see why they got away with calling it cheap beef!
Today's route (first part before phone overheated)
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| Tournai, Belgium |
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