This was the longest and hardest day (and night) so far. (105 miles / 170 km) This might not sound a lot but when you are cycling and it has got dark, I arrived at Villeneuve L’Archeveque at almost 11.30pm despite setting off just after 8.30am from Soissons. The GPS logger also ran out of batteries so that photos couldn’t be geotagged. However I have uploaded them here. I crossed into Picardie and Ile de France today and cycled through Chateau Thierry. I also took a couple of videos.
The first (above) was when I still in the country side as dusk was falling. I thought to myself that it was still so bright that it would not matter if I was half an hour late. The second (below) is crossing a canal as light began to fade entirely. Little did I know that the route was to take me through a forest where it would be pitch black. What was worse, rather foolishly I had not anticipated being in the dark so only had a dynamo powered headlight, which whilst it was quite powerful was of no use when stopping to read a sign.
That’s enough for now as it is very late and I need to press on early tomorrow.
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