Stage 15 Sunday 5 Oct: Peronne to Trefcon (18km/11m)
Another shorter day today and with better weather than yesterday, at least until the wind picked up towards then end. We spent a lot of time on forest trails today, interspersed with fields and small towns… none with much sign of life, even on a Sunday. The only people we saw out and about was a large group of hunters.
Route direction ➡️; Our direction ➡️Outside our hotel early this morning Heading out of town, evidence of a big festival in townOut to the countrysideDoingt Instead of a mushroom today … dried thistles everywhere todayChickens (including some very young ones) around an old Renault … how very FrenchMore unexploded ordinance
Hans & Lynn visited the Historial de la Grande Guerre this afternoon, the largest WWI museum in Europe that is housed in the Péronne Castle. They shared the following:
The mine-clearing crews of the Somme collect each year over 100,000 pounds of shells and live ammunition. It is estimated that a further 700 years will be needed to clear the Somme of bombs.
Some impressive houses in CartignyAnd an interesting factory building A bread vending machine… €2.20 for two baguettesYesterday’s rain left some muddy tracks … but after our Spanish mud masterclass earlier this year they were no problem!A portaloo victim of the winds… oops. Scrutinising Chicory fieldsNo problèmIn BouvincourtBouvincourt Town HallHeading into Vraignes-en-VermandoisThe unnamed church!Next to the VF pilgrim signLunchWeather closing inSt Omer Church in TertryStunning views of the “vast” fields today, our photos don’t do them justice Walnuts everywhere we’ve walked in recent daysWith the house now gone, this family tomb is slowly being overcome by the forest near Trefcon You looking’ at me??On a house as we walked into TrefconDriving homeA beautiful section of the road home, line by these majestic trees. I can find no reference to there intention/origin The Somme River, near Peronne Castle this eveningOff to find dinner tonight, out past the Town HallInto the streets where the fair is now in full swingTo Le Mediterranee Sarl, a Moroccan restaurant (not Indian!)Three of us had cous cous with vegetable broth… … topped with an enormous braised lamb shank!Gary had three lamb chops, frites and a vast paddock of “green” beans
Morocco Food Tour 