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Published: October 4th 2017
Can this be possible??!! Yet another great day. 45km ride of pure bliss, mostly along the banks of L'Oise, mostly flat and mostly on quiet bike paths through farmland and forest. And the weather - perfect!! Life doesn't get much better than this!!
Along the way we witnessed the Thalys high speed train from Brussels to Paris whizzing past on an elevated track at around 300km/h. We saw farm animals (horses, cows, chickens), plenty of swans on the river and ponds, ploughed fields and vegetable patches.
We even had time for a coffee break (tea for Warwick) and we still got back to Elodie in time for a stroll through the beautiful town of Compiegne (how many times have I used the term 'beautiful' in these travelblogs? I'm sorry if my use of this superlative is excessive but it is the word that springs to mind on so many occasions every day). I must be getting soft or something - Jenny even caught me taking pictures of flowers in the Compiegne Palace gardens this afternoon!!
I couldn't face another tour through a Palace so left Jenny with Mike and Kerrie to do that, whilst I retired onboard Elodie
for a shower and freshen up and I then sat on the upper decks, cold beer within easy reach, downloading photos and writing the blog.
We had another outstanding dinner created by Jantien: melon and prosciutto, spaghetti with egg plant, capsicum and asparagus, finished off with a 'small' helping of tiramisu. After dinner, we went on a guided tour of the city with Henry. Once again interesting and informative. We leaned that Joan of Arc was captured here and taken to Rouen for her execution, She was born in 1412 and died in 1431 at the very young age of 19. It is astonishing to think that someone so young had such influence and power.
Tomorrow a ride through the forest and a trip further up river on the Elodie.
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