Day 3

Day 3 and we had a journey from Abbeville to Chambly expected distance of 135km. Day started well but it was still wet from last night but temperature was good. Had a good morning but Andy had to contend with 2 punctures which did not really make his day. Started to make good progress towards our midday checkpoint to Le Crocq but the 10km drag up a never ending hill with a killer cross wide made is very painful. It was good news when we arrived they had a local community gathering so we rewarded ourselves with a cider and chips. But it all went wrong as the heavens opened and the next hour was very wet and miserable. We then plodded on and the rest of the 40miles proved to be very hard with a continued amount of side winds and it was a very welcome sight to see our hotel. We have rewarded ourselves by eating approx 1metre of pizza and a few beers. We are all very looking forward to a reasonably short 50km tomorrow to
Paris. More tomorrow