{"id":11381,"date":"2013-08-11T21:43:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T20:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=11381"},"modified":"2013-08-11T21:43:34","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T20:43:34","slug":"day-8-mailly-to-vitry-le-francois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=11381","title":{"rendered":"Day 8 – Mailly to Vitry le Francois"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a restless nights nightmarish dreaming I awoke and very carefully made sure I didn’t leave anything. I was at the breakfast table for 8.30 sharp. The Dutch couple & kids arrived a few moments later, enough to cause the landlady a little consternation. He was told immediately, for no apparent reason, to move his car 2 metres away – so that the breakfast came complete with diesel fumes \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

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A real cycle path<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I raced off after breakfast to a glorious morning with a slight chill to the air & empty roads, apart from groups of friendly cyclists \ud83d\ude42 It was very undulating to begin with but I had my strength back so it was relatively easy. I was determined to stick to my resolution to only do 50 miles today.<\/p>\n

I had coffee in Chalons with quite a few UK tourists, then I discovered the Marne canal with its superlative cyclepath (at least to begin with). However, at la Voie Berger the path disappeared and I was once again on stony tracks (it has to be said The Dawes is superlative as an off road bike even fully laden). I have finally worked out how to stop the panniers jumping off.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Vitry 50 miles and 6 hours later from setting off with some very fine riding a lot in top gear.. @AroundMe came up trumps again with the Hotel Tambourin,<\/a> great place especially in one of the disabled rooms on the ground floor. Proper shower that you can move around in and so beautifully laid out \u00a0for ease of access.<\/p>\n

The evening meal (and lunch) \u00a0at Le Grillardin<\/a> was excellent especially with a pleasant English couple who are driving back to Henham near Saffron Walden tomorrow. The meal cost about 1\/3 of last nights!<\/p>\n

A perfect days cycling \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Todays Strava is here:<\/p>\n

\"Strava_Ride___Mailly_to_Vitry_le_Francois\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Todays pics are here<\/a><\/p>\n

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