{"id":2028,"date":"2009-08-07T22:45:42","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T21:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/2009\/08\/07\/day6-bourg-et-comin-to-vitry-le-francois\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T22:45:42","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T21:45:42","slug":"day6-bourg-et-comin-to-vitry-le-francois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=2028","title":{"rendered":"Day6 Bourg et Comin to Vitry Le Francois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s 82 miles was spent cycling through Champagne. i made an early start at 7am to get the hills out of the way before the heat of the day. As it was I had a great day with a lovely tail breeze. I passed the final cemetery at Marfaux, a curious one in that the German graves are adjacent to the British ones on top of a hill.<\/p>\n<p>The graves were soon replaced by the Champagne vines, which set my mind wondering if we had a deal going that meant their was no fighting in the vineyards,l<\/p>\n<p>Outside Epernay I met up with the girls who came over on the same ferry as me and are cycling to Florence, they suggested I should bike long the valley to Chalons, certainty much easier! I got into a rhythym and continued to Vitry Le Francois the last 10 miles on a\u00a0 canal towpath. The town is full of flats and young kids.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve now pedaled 467 miles in 6 days. 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