Navigation Excellence

 Today we started at 8am to ride another 150km. The idea was to avoid the headwind which gets stronger around lunchtime. Reality was again different. To drive around Paris was the challenge of today using the Garmin Navigator. But Dr. Tiedemann was and is the Super Master of Navigation and lead us through all the suburbs south of Paris. Thank You!!

Alois joined us again for the last 35 km, which resulted in 70km with about 700 altitude meter for him today. Congratulation!!

We saw a few nice and old churches like the one from Longpont. See the nice photos...

Finally we arrived at the Municipal Camping Site in Soissons around 5pm. After a good shower we went downtown to eat. 

One more data point - we drove already more than 2000km..... and we leave France tomorrow...






























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Comments

  1. ToniMay 12, 2024 at 7:51 AM

    Etwas überrascht hat mich das Tacho Foto mit den 267 km/h max. Hab gleich mal nachgeschaut ob Le Mans auf der Route lag.
    Wünsche euch eine letzte schöne Etappe durch Nordfrankreich und eine gute Ankunft in Belgien.

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  2. StefanMay 12, 2024 at 5:14 PM

    Danke Sind gut in Belgien angekommen.

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  3. EggiMay 12, 2024 at 6:24 PM

    Macht mal langsam, Jungs! Wir sind noch bis 19.5. in Bayern und würden Euch gerne an der Strecke anfeuern! Sieht aber so aus, als würdet Ihr schon vorbei gerauscht sein, bis wir dahoam sind. Sehr schade…

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  4. StefanMay 14, 2024 at 12:47 PM

    Sieht so aus als würden wir uns verpassen. Sind gerade in Wesel.270km bis Bremen...

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  5. AnonymousMay 15, 2024 at 8:04 AM

    Sehr schade! Gute Fahrt weiterhin dem Nordkap-Express! Wollt Ihr eigentlich schon nach 5 Wochen durch sein - Ihr müsstet dem Zeitplan doch deutlich voraus sein?

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  6. EggiMay 15, 2024 at 8:05 AM

    …das war ich - wollte nicht anonym bleiben…

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