 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
St Valery to Rue |
|
|
|
|
|
Looks good,eh? Such dexterity and confidence. Only trouble was, I forgot just how much the presence of front panniers alters the handling characteristics of my bike.
If Paul had not been creased up with laughing then you would undoubtedly have been treated to another photo, the one that would have captured me just after, entangled, rather less photogenically, within the frame and wheels of my transport! |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Look back, balance, wave - er, not quite.... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The novelty of providing cycle paths soon wore off - no more than a couple of miles outside St Valery. We were then back on normal roads, unfortunately, which also involved a fairly long stretch of commercial highway (I know it looks quiet in the picture below but the half-dozen juggernauts were now behind the camera!) |
|
|
|
|
|
Generally speaking, bar the odd driver, the French motorists give cyclists ample space and consideration. As one Frenchman put it to us: 'In France the cyclist is, how you might say, sacred. In England, I believe the cyclist is more the sacrifice!' And when I recall how many times, on English roads, I have almost become a permanent feature display on a passing vehicle's paintwork, I feel I just have to agree.
And what of Rue? |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Another busy main road... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Considering that any Internet search to find information on the town of Rue gives several million returns, none of which have anything to do with the place, but everything to do with the fact that 'rue' translates as 'street' (and it's no secret how many of those there are going to be), I feel quite chuffed to have actually found a site that is about Rue. Click here and you will find it (all right, I know it's not much!). |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rue clocktower |
|
Tudor-style house at Rue |
|
|
|
|
|
And while we are on the subject of 'rue' being 'street', does that mean there is a Rue rue (or should that be rue Rue)? Or perhaps rue de Rue. And then god help you if you live at number two (rue de Rue deux?)
But enough! Rue is not such a bad place. A bit of a one restaurant town (as we found out later) but it does have some interesting architecture and it's relatively calm and peaceful - you won't rue coming to Rue, and that's true! |
|
|
|
|
|
But Rue was not to be for long, for us. It was just another stage on our day's journey.
We needed to press on. Happily not too far, in order to arrive at our next overnight stop in the village of Villers-sur Authie. Only about another ten kilometres (which was good news, not only because we were flagging a bit by now, but also because we would also have to come back to Rue to eat, later that evening). |
|
|
|
Rue church, under renovation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return to Map page |
|
Advance to the next page on our route |
|
|
|