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Day 21 – Mon 30 Jun 14, Strasbourg to Sarrebourg (France)

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Forecast: 10-22 deg C, cloudy with some showers; Listed distance: 77km; Actual distance: 80km; Cumulative distance: 822km; Av speed: 16.1 km/h; Strasbourg: 14 deg C; Sarrebourg: 18 deg C; Wind: headwind 11-18 km/h; Start time: 7:55am; Stop time: 3:30pm; Ride time: 5h11m The hotel at Strasbourg was an absolute gem, with aircon (so you can close the window to keep the noise of the drunks (who don't have inside voices) and the soccer hoons out) lovely room, friendly and welcoming staff and a superb breakfast including scrambled eggs and little sausages.   Left just before 8am and it started raining soon after.   So, we stopped and donned the raincoats and shower caps (on the helmets), however the rain didn't last that long.   The headwind, however, did.   It didn't seem to matter what direction we were traveling, the wind changed direction just because it could!   It was also uphill all the way.   We usually plug along at about 20km/h, but today with the hea...