[Home]   Cycling the Seine Sunday 23rd June 2024 Day 10 – St-Aubin-Sur-Quillebeuf Near enough to Lillebonne, best accommodation we could find. It's a pleasant, basic B&B about a mile from the nearest available food on a Sunday (when I say food I'm forced to include pizza today. Have avoided it so far but looking like no choice but to bite the bullet today). Anyway today was a breeze compared to yesterday's marathon, just 32 miles, virtually no adverse hills, mostly traffic-free, well-paved cycleways by the river. And warm and sunny, very nice. En route A nice bridge Cafe society Poppies by the Seine Taking it easy approaching Port Jerome The ferry to Quillebeuf-sur-Seine Passed through a huge Exxon refinery at Port Jerome, vast amounts of tanks, pipes and machinery for a long stretch, with the smell of petrol hanging heavily in the air everywhere as we cycled past gasping for oxygen. Breakfast at last night's B&B was pretty ropey, common enough French start to the day: no cereal, croissants, bread, cheese, jam and some slices of meat for the carnivores. Very bread oriented, the French. And sweet stuff. Lots of sugary options at breakfast too usually - dentists must be doing well here. Seedy pizza joint No drama today, just a good day all told. Our B&B for tonight was 'Chez Pimline'. Now just the ride to Le Havre to go, then the train to Dieppe on Tuesday, ferry to Newhaven Wednesday, and return home Thursday. The B&B, 'Chez Pimline' (NB Where's a good spade when you need one? Not in the garage, that's for sure!) 32 miles.