Day 5: a quick recovery 73kms






 The hotel provided a lovely breakfast and we left the car free path onto quiet roads. It was “ a wee bit hilly” at least the first 10 Kms. We managed much better on the hills than before. After 15 Kms we stopped at the yellow bicycle cafe, run by a charming Scots couple. We ate our sandwiches on a lovely bike path just outside Gourney-en-Brey. The hills flattened a little but there were still a couple of long drags. At one point we noticed how many French cyclists were heading to Dieppe as it’s a long weekend. We helped out a guy cycling on a completely unsuitable bike. Luckily we bought some Ramen in Gisors or we would have gone hungry! A short greenway took us to the campsite. Along the way we met a young woman who had called the site and had been told it was full but as you can imagine I freaked out. Needless to say there was hardly anyone there! A quiet night under canvas and we hoped for a shorter next day (this didn’t happen)

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