Bicycle tour Day 33
The temperatures hardly dropped during the night, so the day started much too warm. The first 10 km out of the city center of Paris were expected to be quite difficult. Few bike...


Published: 30.05.2017

















After a friendly optician tightened a screw for me, on my glasses of course, I set off again. This route would more or less lead me along the Marne. Unfortunately, there is no fully developed cycle path along the river, so I often had to go through forest and meadow paths or through the Champagne vineyards. This was not always easy. But there were also some sections along the river.
Since I hadn't updated the maps online in one of my apps and the other one kept leading me into the vineyards, I relied on my "analog" tool and followed the (paper) map. That worked quite well too.
The weather was a bit cooler today, which was better for cycling. In the morning it rained a little, but it was just showers and everything dried up quickly.
30-05-2017
Distance covered: 61.60 km
Total cycling time: 4:28:19 h
Average speed: 13.8 km/h
Max. speed: 39.4 km/h
Total altitude gain: 519 m
Accommodation in Chezy, La Chapelle-Monthodon
