Tales from the Ride - Day 2

"23 miles to the first water stop across undulating terrain..." They said! On arrival at said Water stop a rather flustered SP had started putting together his breach of trust case that would see our genteel tour leader banged up for years.It must be said that the riding improved from that point on, Ed showed how it should be done and wizzed off into the distance at any opportunity. The name dropping of who he had been fraternizing with at the front of the Peleton at lunch however was seen as very poor form by SP and your scribe.Team Britton then spent some "quality" time together on a detour to a pleasant watermill and more importantly the local Creperie (Ed seen exiting with a skip in his tail).The final 30 saw Britton.T attempting to ingratiate himself with aforementioned tour leader and was also allegedly overheard offering to assist in defence of father’s proposed class action citing insider knowledge.All 3 riders have now arrived safe and sound in Abbeville.From our travels in France so far we have discovered...1) French roads are superior in every way to those found on our island.2) French drivers appear to have a positive attitude to cyclists.3) It appears to be perfectly normal to greet fellow cyclists (Male or Female) with "how's your bum?" or variation there of.Until tomorrow - Aurevoir!--------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Device