Finally a day of not so many hills, yippee just a stroll in the park, well not really still 82 miles to go we started out from the holiday inn on route to the campanile hotel which was our destination. Luckily our little group made up of Andrew, Wayne, Mark from Portsmouth. Kerry-ann from Swansea and I was all stopping at the same hotel that night so we kept together on route. We had a 20mile hike to our water stop, . Of cause we was heading for the river Somme, which names comes from a Celtic word meaning tranquility and it was. A bit of history for you in case you are unaware of the significant of the the River Somme The river is perhaps most famous as a result of the World War I Battle of the Somme (July to November 1916). Comprising the main Allied attack on the Western Front during 1916, the Battle of the Somme is famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops (one third of them killed) on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, which to this day remains a one-day record. The attack was launched upon a 30 kilometre front, from north of the Somme river between Arras and Albert. We stopped over a period of our ride not only to take in the views of the river Somme but also the graves of the troops that lost their lives. An enjoyable day we took it nice and easy and reach our destination by 5pm, a long soak in the bath to repair our acing muscle and straight to the pub for a well deserved beer or two or three
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