[Home]   Cycling the Seine Thursday 20th June 2024 Day 7 – Les Andelys Up to the sound of rain pouring down on our spirits; cold and dismal again too. With the determination that built an empire we stayed in the Ancient Gits B and hoped it'd get better. By 10.30 the rain had become just a vanishing suspicion of moisture hanging in the air so we starched the upper lips and scampered over to a nearby patisserie for a bready-cheesy thing to break our fast. That done things were looking better. Spotted fleeing from a hungry local. Coffee stop in a 'tabac' We set off and within 2 miles I was stopping to discard waterproofs and a layer of clothing. As the day progressed the sun broke through and the temperature shot up until by afternoon it was like the south of France. Roads mostly easy riding and not much traffic, all very nice. We stopped in Vernon for a while, a very nice town, and found a cafe there where we could get our second cheese omelette and chips of the trip. Got to Les Andelys, staying at the 'Villa Alienor', an old hotel on the Grande Rue - it had a pleasant tea garden behind, looking over the river. The Villa Alienor tea garden Once in the room I had a shower and discovered a monstrous bite on my right buttock. Now harbouring dire suspicions that I have been eaten by bedbugs in that ...hole we stayed in last night. Grr. Outraged bedbug victim? Had a Lebanese meal this evening, a mezze, which was basically a mixture of hot and cold small dishes, the equivalent of an Indian thali. Ok-ish. And a Lebanese beer. Then off for a couple of beers and crib outside a bar overlooked by the medieval castle dominating the town. The bar and castle Just 33.4 miles today.