Friday to Friday jaunt to the continent via the 08;35 boat from Dover. The boats packed as its a bank holiday weekend I suppose, fair bit of a swell but I must have got me sea legs as I put away a full English breakfast and feeling fine. Steve looks a bit green around the hills but Nige just has a moan about his sinus and has a kip.
Plan is to hit the A26 to Cambrai and then head across country to Givet on the Belgian border near Dinant via le Cateau, Hirson, Rocroi & Fumay.
However, Nige & Steve have other ideas are behind me and pulll into services for fuel on the A26 near to the turn off . I keep to the plan as I can't turn around on the autoroute, and wait for them whilst having a slice of pizza and a apple flan at a patisserie in a village called Beauvois on the D643 between Cambrai & Le Cateau. Nige eventually gets in touch and they've managed to take a wrong turn and ended going the wrong way along the A2 and then coming off and heading for St Quentin in vaguely the right direction.. It'll be a hour or so for them to get here so we agree to meet at the digs.
I get a great ride on D roads especially the Route de Fortifications between Rocroi and Fumay, then along the river to Givet, getting there for 15:20.
Very nice lady at reception says we can have three singles for the price of the original triple room we booked,so first come first served and I blag the single with a view.
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