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Index

Posting daily updates is good though I do tend to go back and edit putting everything out of sequence so if you want to read sequentially this Index may help as might  the Introduction which sets the scene. 

Index

Day 1 - Dieppe 
Day 3 - Clermont 
Day 4 - Chauny 
Day 5 - Sorbais 
Day 10 - Fumay
Day 11 - Fumay
Day 12 - Fumay
Day 13 - Fumay 
Day 14 - Fumay
Day 15 - Fumay
Day 16 - Lobbes
Day 17 - Tournai
Day 18 - Ypres
Day 19 - Dunkirk 
Day 20 - Dunkirk 

A monumental start on the ride to London Bridge. My bike looks so tiny.

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