Home away from home in London
Putting the pedals on Bike case from Gears in the corner
More assembly
Trafalgar Square
Jenn and Al at Natural History Museum
Family
Buckingham Palace
Picadilly
St. Martin in the Fields & National Gallery
Changing of the Guard Buckingham Palace
Charing Cross Road
Ironic window display in a tobacco shop
Day 1 profile
Almost ready to go
English country lane
Morning break location
Afternoon stop outside the freehouse
Day 1 shirt
Riding on the left
Kent Countryside
One of the LONG hills
Which way to Dover? Check the tandem - long way on a heavy bike
Almost there
Waiting for everyone in Dover
At the docks; white cliffs behind
First night's room
Day 2 profile
Ferry Dock in Calais
Great riding country
And the ants go marching on
Heading toward St. Omer
Another left
Downhill!
After the up
Lunch day 2
Day 2 - long, long hill
Day 2 afternoon break
Day 3 profile
Arras - getting ready to head out
London Cemetery High Wood, Longueval 4000 graves
Support vehicle
Adanac Cemetery (Canada in reverse)
Over 1000 Canadian casualites are buried here
Perfect weather
Riding through the Somme battlefield
Somme River Valley
Time out heading through a village
Compiegne in the distance Strong cross wind here
Route profile Day 4
Team Liquigas bikes
Compiegne Hotel
Ready to go
Not your average home
Morning break outside the chateau
Outside the chateau walls
Rolling countryside
Holly and Glynis
Cobblestone road
Regional Natural Park - start of a long climb No deer and I didn't get up to 80
Lunch Day 4
Climbing - steady but a long climb
Park Monceau waiting for everyone
PLace de la Concorde and Champs d'Elysees
Arriving
Almost there!
My fans sightseeing before we arrived
My sponsor
Checking in with the trip planner
The usual souvenir
The 2 part seat
The group
The toast
Made it!!
Sunday After Brunch
Notre Dame Cathedral
In front of Notre Dame
Jenn and Dan at the Louvre
Outside the Louvre
The Seine