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16th June 2015 Mt. Biking: St. Vallery, Baie de Somme Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: 23 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 33 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Monday 15th June – Travel rain then sunny periods Still bucketing it down on the Loire and nowhere near enough thunder to make it in the least bit entertaining!! Decided to leave our planned bike ride to Sancerre for another time and packed up without even leaving the van as it was torrential! Drove our usual route north but at Rouen decided to detour and for a change go up the free motorway to Dieppe and have an amble along the coast between there and the Somme. Big mistake, the route out of Rouen in that direction goes right through the middle of the city!! It was very congested and the motorway we needed was quite a way outside:( Still we got through there and had a nice visit to the beach at Puys near Dieppe and enjoyed the rock pools and huge white cliffs. Carried on on the roads which are nearest to the cliff tops and enjoyed the scenery. There was nowhere for us to wild camp along there – just huge gatherings of the white elephant style campers which had been herded into the regulated spots. We decided to go to one of our past favourites, the small car park on the canal which runs between St. Vallery and Abbeville at Petit Port. We had good old egg and chips for a late tea as we didn’t get here until nearly 9. It is amazing here, the sun didn’t go down until nearly 10 and it was light till nearly 11! The weather is a lot better up here:) Tuesday 16th June – Bike ***** sunny – St. Vallery, Baie de Somme A beautiful day. We got the bikes off and headed along the Canal to St. Vallery which is a lovely place. We have been a few times and love it – it is from a very by-gone era and very elegant. We biked through the small town along the prom and out onto the track which takes you round the Baie of the Somme. We managed to find an inner farm track so didn’t really see anyone else along here. Just duck decoys and weird hides that float! We arrived at the lighthouse where we were yesterday – Le Hourdel. We pushed our bikes along the beach – all big stones and flints which have come out of the cliffs over millions of years. We found a good place for lunch and even had some seals bobbing around right in front of us. There were two kite surfers just along the beach too. Carried on on paths towards Cayeux sur Mer passing the lighthouse at Brighton. We went along the prom reading the French town names on the many identical beach huts along the front. Biked out onto the Nature reserve for a little way before turning round and coming back along a similar route but on the bike tracks and roads instead of the beach. We passed the huge camper aire near Hourdel and thought how lucky we were to be out of that nightmare!! Packed in really tight – only feet between them! Came into the back of St. Vallery through the medieval cite. Got back to the van 33 miles later and 6 hours out! There were several people in the car park including an English couple from the lake district who told us about a Stork nest about 10 minute walk up the canal path on the opposite bank. We packed up the bikes and the van and walked to have a look – amazing nest on a tall dead tree stump and Mum and baby cleaning each other – very sweet. As we walked away Dad flew round looking for food we supposed. Left that car park to find another one we saw on our bike ride along the canal path – not far from the one we were in but about 4 miles round by road at a place called Saigneville. Smaller car park miles from anywhere and away from the road so perfect:) Relaxed and ate the cakes we bought in Lidl yesterday. Amazing sunset straight down the middle of the canal at about 10 o clock. Great day. Photo Gallery here |
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