{"id":2032,"date":"2009-08-09T06:07:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T05:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/2009\/08\/09\/day7-vitry-le-francois-to-langres\/"},"modified":"2009-08-09T06:07:57","modified_gmt":"2009-08-09T05:07:57","slug":"day7-vitry-le-francois-to-langres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=2032","title":{"rendered":"Day7- Vitry le Francois to Langres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One week from leaving Cambridge I find myself waking up in another historic city, Langres. My cyclometer says I&#8217;ve pedalled 563 miles of which 96 I did yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve finally discovered the French canal system, yesterday I went from Brethenay to Langres on the towpath of the Canal de la Marne ala Sa\u00f4ne although I strongly suspect I could have done the whole day on the canal, thus avoiding my major error of finding myself on a motorway \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>I also experienced my first thunderstorm \/ mega downpour, arriving at the hotel like a drowned rat!<\/p>\n<p>The French canal skirts around towns so to get to Langres you have to come of the towpath and climb up 500feet in 1 mile! Not pleasant after 95 miles with squelchy shoes..<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m hoping to stay on the canal to near Dijon then subsequent days will see the serious climbing beginning. 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