Day 7 Dammarie-les-Lys, 71km

Getting out of Paris was a nice experience over excellent biking infrastructure and an amazing  number of cyclists. Way back mid seventies as a student I cycled together with Goeroe, Tits and Flikker from Paris Gare du Nord to Gare Montparnasse which was a terrible life threathening experience and now 50 years later it is a pleasure! 

We stayed the whole day on the shore of the Seine, crossed the mighty river at least 5 times. The bike path, more a mountainbiker road, gave us quite some challenges and our arm strength was put at the test.

A challenging situation was at the écluse d’Ablon where we had to climb a tower 4 stages high to cross the dam.

We had a couple of particular and warm encounters! Mr Capoen, a local mountainbiker, helped us crossing a ‘passerelle’ and told us a great story on his  great-grandfather who died in the great war, a couple of weeks before the end of WW1 in Lendelede, a little village close to Roeselare. Esthelle, also on a mountainbike, gave us tips on the region but is now certainly dreaming and why not planning a long distance cycle adventure... JUST do it Esthelle!