Author: Garry

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in England on Monday, 16th-October-2017. Dieppe, France to Newhaven, England by ferry. Then cycling from Newhaven to Bognor Regis. 38 miles.

Last night wasn’t too bad at all. It passed relatively quickly. By the time I’d done yesterday’s post, it was getting on for midnight. I then spent another hour or so doing other bits on the website. After that, I tried to sleep which didn’t happen it was too uncomfortable! I think I probably had about an hour on and off. And probably had another hour on the ferry.

The ferry docked in Newhaven on time at about 8.30, and I was on the road by 9.

The ride home was uneventful, and I was back home mid-afternoon after covering nearly 200 miles in the past couple of days.

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Garry McGivern is cycle touring in France on Sunday, 15th-October-2017. Le Havre to Dieppe. 102 miles.

It was a good crossing last night very smooth and for the first time ever I had an outside cabin with a window! Not that it really made any difference but it’s better than no window I suppose!

In the end, I decided not to go to Paris. However, that decision was only made as I was leaving the ferry!

I decided that I really don’t have the time at the moment and it’s probably best if I go home Boring as that may be!

Also, I’ve not cycled from Le Havre to Dieppe for years. It’s a really nice route, and I really enjoyed it. It just gets a bit annoying that every single town or village is in a valley which is fine when going into town flying downhill. But then you’ve got to go back up to get out! But I suppose the hills and valleys are what make it so picturesque!

En Route

On my way to Dieppe, I was wondering whether I should camp or not. My ferry was due to leave at 5.30 am which meant I would probably have to be up at about 3 am to pack away. To get to the ferry in time. In the end, I decided it probably was better to camp and get a few hours sleep rather than hang around the ferry terminal. I’d also be able to shower!

I arrived in Dieppe just before it was getting dark and went straight to the campsite that I’d stayed at before only to find it was closed!

There were a couple of cheap hotels nearby, so I thought I’d stop in one of those. But none of them had a restaurant apart from one but then that wasn’t open on a Sunday! And I really needed to get something to eat!

I then decided that I would head down to the quayside, where all the restaurants are, get something to eat and then waste a few hours in the restaurant.

Well, that didn’t work. I found a nice little restaurant, ordered my meal and started to settle in for the evening. Unfortunately, the restaurant had other ideas and decided that they were going to close. Even though people were still trying to come in, they just turned them away!

I then found a cafe/bar and settled down in there with a nice beer, only to find that they, too, were closing!

After that I decided to go for a ride, that also didn’t go according to plan, it started to rain! So I just gave up and went to the ferry terminal where I’ll be now for the next 5 or 6 hours!

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is off on another bicycle tour on Saturday, 14th-October-2017. Bognor Regis to Portsmouth. 49 miles. I was going to go to the Isle of Wight for the weekend, but when I got to the ferry terminal, they told me that the next ferry wasn’t for another 45 minutes! So I’ve decided to go to France instead! Haha, and got an even longer wait for the ferry!

I’m booked on the Brittany ferry crossing to Le Havre. I’m not too sure where I’m going to head once I reach France. But I’ll probably follow the Seine to Paris. I’ll decide for definite in the morning.

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You can also follow my progress and see where I stop each night by visiting the Where’s Garry web page; there, you’ll find a map of the route I’ve taken so far.