Camino Day 4 – Abbeville to Amiens

There were no hills today as we cycled up the Somme from Abbeville to Amiens. Apart from short distances at the beginning and end of our journey, the whole route was along the river bank and traffic free.

The only downside was that the surface was unpaved. I’m not sure what this surface is called. It was hard packed with a light coating of small stones. There was no problem cycling along but it did create a bit more drag. Everything was also covered in a light dust by the end of the day.

We visited the gardens of chateau at Long. It was a gorgeous setting.

After over 40 km of swishing along the unpaved road it was a pleasure to get back onto tarmac. It is a great run into Amiens and then all of a sudden there was the tremendous cathedral pointing upwards.

We are staying in a small studio flat a couple of minutes walk from the cathedral. The door to the flats is rather unprepossessing but the flat is nice inside.

After a good helping of moules marinière and a local beer, we walked to the west face of the cathedral which was fabulous in the evening sun.

The Picardy beer was good but the label didn’t appear to be that authentically old.