I have a hair brained idea to do the following on the 26, 27 and 28 July:
Sat 26th: Ride to Newhaven and get the Ferry to Dieppe.
Ride 3/4 of the 180km to Paris. Stay the night in a B&B.
Sunday 27th: Ride remaining distance into Paris.
Watch the finish of the Tour de France (Cav winning the final sprint)
Ride 3/4 of the way back to Dieppe. Stay night in another B&B
Monday 28th: Ride to Dieppe and get ferry.
Ride from Newhaven back home.
Does anybody want to come with me, don't really fancy doing this on my own, firstly as my sense of direction is not great and secondly always good to have a few riders to draft off. Let me know if you fancy it and we can have an offline chat about sorting out the places to stay etc as I can have a good look at a map and find suitable locations. Other option on way back is we just ask Cav to give us a lift in his team bus.
Cheers
Marek.....