The Route

Ours is based on a well worn route by a cyclist called Donald Hirsch and slightly modified by our own intrepid explorer Martin Collet who has now done the London-Paris in 24 twice as well as recce trips of C4 HQ to Newhaven and Dieppe to Paris.

C4 - Newhaven http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=548334

Dieppe - Paris http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=548335

Rendezvous points Dieppe - Paris

RV1 Neufchatel En Bray, 40Km

Small parking area directly next to Avenue Verte on Rue des Abreuvoirs. From parking area looking to AV we will be passing Left to Right. No facilities

http://goo.gl/maps/UmTUu  N49 43.828 E1 26.227

RV2 Gournay En Bray, 78Km

Cafe, Le Nemrod 13, Rue Charles De Gaulle in Gournay-En-Bray. They are happy that 30 cyclists and support will turn up on 1st June. A bit tatty, but good coffee, plenty of seating. Only one toilet…

Adjacent to an excellent Patisserie for croissant, cakes and sandwiches.

You can see the Patisserie sign in the distance but Streetview is weird here, cannot get a closer shot:

http://goo.gl/maps/PVZwj  N49 28.886 E1 43.477

RV3 La Houssoye, 103Km

Car park on Rue De Gournay, on LHS just before Crossroads with Route de Beauvais. Town was dead when we went through, didn’t look like any food available.

http://goo.gl/maps/LzaUJ  N49 21.322 E1 56.532

RV4 Marines, 129Km

Meet at the next photo, a few hundred metres down the hill. This one is a larger Car park in centre of town in case parking is tricky. Some shops.

http://goo.gl/maps/pIKWv  N49 08.710 E1 58.991

Meet here, further down the hill. Nice Boulangerie (and kebab shop!) with parking:

http://goo.gl/maps/eFe2S  N49 08.602 E1 58.810

RV5 Villennes-Sur-Seine, 165Km

Parking on the street in this small town, some shops.

http://goo.gl/maps/ABQzq  N48 56.318 E1 59.918

RV6 Parc St Cloud, 196Km

Lovely park on outskirts of Paris. Vehicles have to pay an entrance fee of 4 Euros, bikes are free. Meet at roundabout by fountain – this is shortly before the bikes exit the park. Lovely views over Paris. Vehicles need to double back to exit.

http://goo.gl/maps/Lyhqw  N48 50.204 E2 12.431

Eiffel Tower, 206Km

The last 10Km from Parc St Cloud took us 37 minutes. Google says 19 minutes by car.

Meet on the side we approach Eiffel Tower from, North side facing the Seine.

MARTIN NOTES:

Route map at http://goo.gl/maps/uSKsE

The series of numbers after the Google links are grid references.

The N31 was closed after Gournay, we had to double back and detour. We were told it will be open again after this Monday 13^th May.

I tested a detour to avoid the Foret de St Germain. It was awful, horribly busy with lots of roadworks. It’s better to take the short off road section in the forest either slowly, or to walk the 200m or so.