London to Paris darkside ride

[priceyla]

Just got back from our ride, we started out from Big Ben and rode to Paris over 3 days. Thought i'd share my pictures with you all, even though they're rubbish as usual

This was meant to have big ben in, somehow it got missed out!



then this happened we hadn't even left parliament square yet



anyway once we escaped the big smoke we headed up along the thames for a bit then on through Surrey over the South Downs, really nice but steeper than expected!

[priceyla]

after a but more up & down we arrived in Portsmouth, hit the pub and got on the overnight ferry. Conveniently it turned out to be the right ferry, and we woke up in La Harve, so we started cycling on the wrong side of the road, in extreme heat












we stayed overnight in a small town called Louviers, and found a bar that made Wrexham on a saturday night seem normal! The next day was a bit tough, but after a bit more of this



things started to get a little more serious as we decided to get to Paris and enjoy some culture, so I put the camera away then until we got there:











i'm going to stop now before I put my foot through the laptop :-)

[summittoppler]

Great pics fella. Good to see something a bit different on the forum
You covered some mileage there, fairplay

[Ken]

Looks like a great trip and thanks for the write up and pics , as Summittoppler said always good to see something different . By the way how did you get back ?

[Oggy]

Nice 1 Pricey, looks like a great ride, fairplay to ya

[priceyla]

Cheers lads. Ken we got on the Eurostar, which you can stick your bike on for EUR20, I even had a complimentary 3-course meal with free claret, happy days!

[voodoopiles]

I'm hoping to do a bit more exploring when I get to your age

Well done that man

[Tarbo]

Fair do's, that looks a cracking couple of days riding. Was it an organised ride or did you do it amongst yourselves ?

Nice haircut by the way Matt

[priceyla]

yeah lads, well I figured as an aspiring roadie i should start by shaving off all the hair on my body for maximum efficiency init :-)

Tarbo It was just the five of us, we organised it ourselves, it was just an excuse to go out round Paris and buy a silly hat really!

[ady]

Aug 3, 2010 15:11:09 GMT priceyla said:

i'm going to stop now before I put my foot through the laptop :-)

Nice hat although its Paris not Lancashire lad where your jack Russell Trendy arty type fail

Looks like a good ride, my neighbours did an organised London to Paris a few weeks ago said it was a great ride, plenty of food & beer stops

[dyls]

Nice pictures, looks an interesting change to mountainbiking.