Day 28 – Mon 07 Jul 14, Amiens to Arras
Forecast: 9-21 deg C, mostly sunny with some light showers; Listed distance: 64 km; Actual distance: 72 km; Cumulative distance: 1142km; Av speed: 16.5 km/h; Max speed: 44.7 km/h; Amiens: 12 deg C; Arras: 24 deg C; Start time: 7:45am; Stop time: 2:20pm; Ride time: 4h20m Breakfast started at 6:30am so we were able to leave before 8am. It was a very chilly, but clear morning and we were soon out of town but on a very busy road with Monday morning traffic, including BIG trucks, all doing at least 100km/h!! About 10km out of town the map directed us onto a less busy road. However, after another 10km or so, we re-joined the busy road! After 5km and seeing the look on Wendy’s face, Greg found a smaller, less busy road to Albert. It even had a major blockage due to road works but we just climbed over the mountain of dirt they used to close the road and continued on, much to the amusement of the road-workers. It was much less stressful but a little windy an...