Battersea, Camberwell, Peckham

Camberwell

London to Peterborough 200k DIY Audax #16

Lunch Ride

Dieppe Loop (Anticlockwise) 100k DIY Audax

There's so much great riding around here and I was lucky with the weather...a great day on the bike! 
As well as the joy of riding quiet well-surfaced roads with lovely scenery, there were a few memorable moments. The Veloroute du Lin, west of Dieppe, is just one of half a dozen well spec'd "voie verte" in the Seine-Maritime Department. Heading south for 25km into a headwind, after studiously avoiding them whilst rehabbing, was a good reminder that you have to take the rough with the smooth while audaxing. The Farm of Danger, in the middle of nowhere, when two barking dogs shot out of the courtward and chased me down the lane, where a tractor pulled out of a field without looking, resulting in an emergency stop. Fortunately, the tractor driver was able to call the dogs off! Crossing what appeared to be an overgrown disused railway line, via a rusty gate, stopping to take a photo, then finding out once on the other side that it was in fact the main line between Dieppe and Rouen, as a train came past at full speed. Finally, the 5km stretch after Muchedent - parallel to the famous Avenue Verte but in the next valley to the west (more open landscape, with those rusty windmills like on the American prairies), bowling along with wind behind me on a tiny lane with a decent surface and a slight descent. Wonderful!

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Malcolm Wills

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Battersea, Camberwell, Peckham

Camberwell

London to Peterborough 200k DIY Audax #16

Lunch Ride

Dieppe Loop (Anticlockwise) 100k DIY Audax

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