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<\/a>Retrieving my bike from the luggage locker at the Hotel Bristol I set off, the roads are in pretty bad shape here, eventually I found \u00a0my way onto the canal, pleased to be out of the traffic. In one place they had set the path up as a beach resort complete with sand.<\/p>\nI then headed up towards the Champagne Hills. As a wise man once told me where there are grapes there are hills \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0Feeling a bit worn out I stopped at the retail park and visited Cora<\/a>. I can see why Carrefour are doing badly: caught in a pincer movement between the Aldi’s & Lidl’s and the Cora’s it must be tough for them.<\/p>\n On the move again, I had to escape from the high speed Saturday shoppers, so dropped down into Rilly-la Montagne where the beautiful Chateau de Rily <\/a>beckoned, I decided it was to pricey for poor old me, later I would regret it \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n I continued on up and down the hills till finally after 12 miles I gave up and stopped in Mailly where I checked in at the Chambres de Hotes run by a lady with and OCD on a OCD. I promptly fell asleep totally worn out.<\/p>\n At 7pm \u00a0I summoned up the energy to cycle down to Sillery to have a meal in the Michelin \u00a0Le Relais de Sillery a good ending to a not very good day.<\/p>\n Here is the Strava data:<\/p>\n