Our journey today was from Samer to Hesdin. Our host couldn’t understand where we were going to because our mangled French did not pronounce our destination as Edin. We had a steep hill to climb initially, the Wall we were told, but after that it was downhill to Montreuil and then we followed the river …
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Camino Day 1
We had our Camino records stamped for the first time this morning. We’re on our way! We headed off south this morning from Calais. The first 10 km were flat along an old railway line. That easy cycling wasn’t to last. This had formerly been marshy ground and is crossed with attractive canals. After Guines, …
Journey to Calais – Friday, 5 July
We caught the train to Waterloo and moved over to Waterloo East where we boarded a train to Folkestone West. From the station we cycled a mere 2 km to a hotel in Cheriton where we were picked up by the Eurotunnel Cycle Service. This is a contracted out service which presumably Eurotunnel are obliged …
Our bicycles
Beryl is riding on her Liv road bike. To help her up the hills, Julian has installed a 32 rear cassette which required a new long cage derailleur. For luggage, Beryl has an Ortleib seat pack which has a capacity of 16.5 litres. Beryl is restricting herself to 2 kg of luggage – essentially no …
Our preparations
We are cycling across France on our own bicycles on a self-supported basis. Our accommodation will consist of various hotels, bed and breakfast, and apartments. We have no plans to camp or to stay in hostels. For the route, we have started with Cicerone’s Cycling London to Paris on the classic Dover / Calais route. …
Our camino
Beryl is pointing to the start of French way from Paris to Santiago de Compostela. We saw this poster in Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. It was heartening to see how pilgrims would make their way to Santiago from all over Europe. Although on that trip we followed the Donau or Danube east, …
Julian and Beryl's camino 