So this is the final day. Breakfast at the office with “Team IEC” they gathered around in the main room and presented me with a nice trophy. IEC Telecom is a great crew to be part of 🙂
So, still raining, but dry forecast ahead from 1030, which is when I hit the road.
So as you would expect from riding in Paris, a lot of urban cycling, but Komoot has surprises and thinks I am on a gravel ride!
So first up is a muddy section along the river. This improves to good tarmac until I have to face a gravel section to Maisons Laffitte. From there, its urban.
Much of the urban riding is on separate cycle tracks. But then when you get into places like La Defence, there are issues.
As you can see from the map,I am wandering around a bit. Tall buildings interfere with GPS plus much building going on, so took me a few moments to figure my way out.
Once clear of the metropolis of tall buildings, its back to straight cycle paths. Lots of stop and go with Traffic lights. Also I need to do a lot of thinking for others as people just wander around glued to their phones getting in my pathway!
Close to the end. And yes, I did cycle around this arc. Because it was there!
So this is it. The destination. This is my second London to Paris ride. My first was an organized and supported ride for Merlin back in 2009 via Dover and Calais. This ride was a much nicer route.