Cloudy with one or two patches of drizzle, 14-20deg, 185km but only 10km of that from motels to railway stations counts towards the total of 1,000km. What a way to bring up the 1,000km! Had an early start to catch a 7:08am train from Metz to Reims which departed on time to the second. Our bikes went in a special spot, hanging from the front wheel in the first carriage. We virtually had the train to ourselves until other stops when more passengers got on. Arrived ...

Fine and sunny, 12-28deg. No riding. Beaut day to be out wandering around this interesting NE French city. It was worth every dump in the path to reach Metz, the place is magnifique, to say the least. It has a 3,000 year history and lucky for us they kept plenty of parks, gardens and open spaces when it was planned and built 100s of years ago. Being fairly close to the German border it has also changed countries several times. We started at the 13th century St St...