Day 39: train and 30km




 We arrived at the platform in Lyon expecting a local train but a large rather old carriage appeared luckily we were the only two cyclists on the platform. We have learned to drop all the bags first otherwise the maneuver is very difficult. People leapt forward to help and we got everything sorted pretty well. The reason we got the train is that the first three sections of the path are recommended for mountain bikes only. At our destination we threw everything off and reattached the bags only to remove them again to carry the bikes down the stairs and up the other side. The station in Chalon-sur-soane has a plaque commemorating the 1000s of Jews rounded up in Vichy by the FRENCH police and shipped in cattle cars to their deaths. After that sobering piece of history we set off on the Voie Bleu the path that will lead us to Luxembourg. Very pretty. We stopped after about 30 km as it was hot and windy but not as hot as it will be on Tuesday!

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