Going Home, Going Home..

I was up early having decided to travel North across France the ‘slow’ way..which would take me 2 days to do.

I set off around 9-30 a.m. and was soon swooping along back country roads, with France fairly quiet – what I didn’t realise until much later was that it was a Public Holiday, for Pentecost, and so there were no waggons on the road, making the travelling much easier , although all the shops were shut !

As I got further North the clouds increased, but still it was nice, and grabbing lunch as I went along I was making good progress, although I didn’t seem to be getting much nearer my destination..

I travelled through Fountainbleau, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontainebleau  and stopped to look at the famous boulders that people come from all over the world to climb, and had an ice cream there..before heading off again. I had contemplated stopping around there, but wanted to make more progress, which I later regretted as I was stuck in traffic jams in thunderstorms on the motorway for a long time – I think a lot of traffic was caused by people returning to Paris from a weekend away causing chaos..

then I was out into the sunshine, and through Paris with views of the Eiffel tower, and Sacre C’oeur, and the boulevards of the city flashing by, as I kept adhering to my Irish colleen,who kept me on the right track..

As it was getting lat5e I eventually pulled into some side roads, and found a spot to stay for the night in Piccardy, just in time to watch the sun go down.. and rise again the following morning so that I could continue my trip in the morning mist, and eventually ,by late morning, reach Guines, not far from Calais, ready for Wednesdays trip home

http://www.camping-la-bien-assise.com/

I’ll now have a rest, eat out and prepare for the English weather..

and a final Bonne Nuit !