St Omer 2011 Trip

Thanks to all those who went on the French trip to St omer such an enjoyable weekend.The weather was very kind to us with some fantastic weather in france. We did have a few mishaps. richard fell off on the way to the ferry at Hythe and ended up having to have an x ray which confirned that he had broken his wrist so unfortunately he had to abandon the trip (we wish him well and hope the break heals ASAP). Paul had three punctures before we even got to the ferry, this turned out to be due to a mixture of poor rim tape and worn out rear tyre. Chris broke a spoke on the way back to the ferry. We had some good rides although the idea of basing the route on D roads (D for dream- my guide book said) turned out not to be such a good idea as some of the D roads were more like our A roads. Next time I will go back to basing the route on more minor roads even if it does make navigation more difficult. next year the plan is to go to dieppe if we can sort out the problem with the ferry booking. See photos on the slide show or go directly to

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