Work in Progress: I will continue to edit this page as we travel. Please forgive errors and omissions. 1. Canterbury to CalaisWe stayed in the older section of the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge: 60£ with huge buffet breakfast. It was lovely to be on the Cathedral... Read More

My marathon man is doing the full distance today. 46 kms without any missteps or deviations. I am in a small town about half way waiting for him in a bar hoping he will arrive because the natives are very lively. It is Bastille day... Read More

Ruth:Today started very well with a breakfast of quiche, coffee and pan au chocolate. I love French bakeries. The sky was overcast for the first hour of riding but after a stop at a cafe and reading for a while I was caught in a... Read More

Drawing by Otto Dix at Peronne MuseumRuth:Yesterday and today we have been in the heart of the Somme. It is hard to comprehend the scale of lives lost in this small area of France. Comprehension requires rationality and for this War I can find none.... Read More

It is amazing what a beer in the sun can do to ones spirit. The via Francigena may have lucked out. I arrived in Peronne after another wet and cold ride to the sun! I am sitting in a bar looking at the chateau thinking... Read More

This is a picture of Arras before it was demolished in the first world war. It was restored perfectly brick by brick with German war reparations. July 11, Ruth:Ok I really was not going to talk about the weather but today the heavens have poured... Read More