Set off this morning from our hotel and stopped a mile or so later for breakfast at St Genis-Laval where we were quizzed on our journey by a couple of old French codgers who seemed reasonably impressed by our efforts. We then followed the road down into Lyon itself, the road was reasonably busy but the traffic was going slowly and we were going downhill so it wasn't really a problem holding your own with the other vehicles.
Once we got to near the Confluence Museum we had a couple of busy intersections to cross and then we were on to cycle tracks the whole way
The Confluence Museum is in an amazing building and looks as if it is just waiting for Hans Solo to turn up and fly it away.
We were then on to the cycle path along the Rhône past cruise boats and floating pubs. The infrastructure was brilliant with separate cycle lanes and footpaths right through the centre of the city.
We followed the river and canals through a house park, the Grand Parc Marbella Jonage, with lots of lakes and a load of French kids having a great time with some sailing lessons.
It was just another 6 miles or so to our airport hotel where we got checked in and then went on a reconnaissance mission to check out our route to departures tomorrow, it looks un piece de gateaux.
It has been another great trip seeing new parts of France. Our daily distances have been a bit shorter than usual and our navigation has worked a treat giving us a bit more time to enjoy the places we have passed through. But as usual the overall trip has been just too short and we wish we were just carrying on for a few more weeks.
The usual question has already cropped up "where next?", we already have a few thoughts on that but those could change.
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