[Home]   Cycling the Seine Sunday 16th August 2024 Day 3 - Forge-Les-Eaux We left Dieppe at about 10.15 and made our way to the start of the 'Avenue Verte', the traffic-free cycle route to Paris, partly based on an old rail route. It was an excellent track, very smooth and hill-free so we were able to bowl along easily enough. The weather was overcast most of the day, with a few light showers but seemed a bit less hypothermic than the previous couple of days. The Avenue Verte A Frenchman on a bike Along the route I stopped to take a photo and took my helmet off. Forgot to put it back on so when I subsequently set off on the bike the helmet fell off the back and managed to hurl itself under the back wheel... CRACK. Helmet is now broken at the front. Never mind, suppose it's still better than nothing, probably. Chez Thomas A leisurely 36.7 miles today, rolling in to Forge-Les-Eaux at about 4.20.