{"id":164,"date":"2017-09-09T18:23:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/?p=164"},"modified":"2018-05-30T23:40:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T22:40:32","slug":"day-1-caen-to-bagnoles-de-lorne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/day-1-caen-to-bagnoles-de-lorne\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1  Caen to Bagnoles de l&#8217;Orne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>68.2 miles, Ascent 1150 metres, average speed 12.0 mph<\/p>\n<p>Baggage van packed.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167\" src=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-2.jpeg 3264w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-2-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were on the road by 9:15 with a long flat route along a cycle path beside the Orne canal passing by the Pegasus Bridge which was open for fishing boats to pass.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168\" src=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-3.jpeg 3264w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-3-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-4-e1506287144966.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-4-e1506287144966.jpeg 2448w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-4-e1506287144966-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-4-e1506287144966-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-4-e1506287144966-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1 km to go.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Af<span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">ter passing through Caen we followed the river Orne to the brew stop at 18 miles then on to our lunch stop at Clecy. I had a very pleasant surprise when our very good friends, Edith &amp; Pierre arrived from Lisieux to say bonjour. After lunch the route became hilly and the weather showery but the last 5 miles into Bagnoles de l&#8217;Orne were mostly downhill.On\u00a0<\/span>the run in to Bagnoles we shared the road with a cycle race!!! 1 km to go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>68.2 miles, Ascent 1150 metres, average speed 12.0 mph Baggage van packed. We were on the road by 9:15 with a long flat route along a cycle path beside the Orne canal passing by the Pegasus Bridge which was open for fishing boats to pass. After passing through Caen we followed the river Orne to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/day-1-caen-to-bagnoles-de-lorne\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day 1  Caen to Bagnoles de l&#8217;Orne&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-channel-to-the-med"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fordingbridgeweather.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}