Day 30 – Wed 09 Jul, 14, Lille (France)
Forecast: 13-16 deg C, showers and a thunderstorm; Listed distance: 40km; Actual distance: 46km; Cumulative distance: 1190km; Av speed: 16.7 km/h; Max speed: 31.5 km/h; Wind: NW, 14-20 km/h; Start time: 9am; Stop time: 1pm; Ride time: 2h43m Well it wasn't raining this morning when we woke up but it may as well have been; the sky was very grey. Had our usual breakfast then put on the wet weather gear and rode to Fromelles. There are two sites there - the new cemetery (Pheasant Wood) for those recently identified bodies and a museum, and then VC Corner about 2k down the road. By the time we got to Pheasant Wood, it was drizzling which was more annoying than anything really. The museum is quite well done and is all about what they discovered in a mass grave in Pheasant Wood and how they went about identifying the bodies. By the time we left there to go to VC (Cobbers) Corner, the drizzle was heavier and the wind had come up as well so it was now cold as well as ...