London to Paris Day 1
June 3rd 2012 So the first 77 miles is complete and now back in the room after a nice curry and a few beers. We set off the morning from Greenwich Park and quickly picked up national cycle route 21. This would be fine if we were on mountain bikes but on road bikes this is not the route to take: deep mud that drags you to a stop, steep gravel tracks that you can’t ride down or up. This all added up to only ave
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