Day 2 - Monday 02/10/2006
Wow! What a day! They are only in Strasbourg 100k's out of Paris.
Near Reims NickG lost one of his panniers - on the motorway! Motorway closed. Police summoned. Pannier smashed to bits, lost all the medical kit, sat-phone charger & video charger! Gendarme took great delight in returning some stockings to NickG (to be used later for filtering petrol).
Hurricane force winds, torrential rain. They had to slow down to 40mph. Not a good second day. Cold, wet and miserable. But after a warm bath in a grotty hotel neither of them are ready to throw in the towel.
Near Reims NickG lost one of his panniers - on the motorway! Motorway closed. Police summoned. Pannier smashed to bits, lost all the medical kit, sat-phone charger & video charger! Gendarme took great delight in returning some stockings to NickG (to be used later for filtering petrol).
Hurricane force winds, torrential rain. They had to slow down to 40mph. Not a good second day. Cold, wet and miserable. But after a warm bath in a grotty hotel neither of them are ready to throw in the towel.
posted by Dutch Rob for Cotswolds2Capetown at 08:08
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Hopefully a better day today!!!!
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