Day 4. Saturday 31 May. Forges-les-Eaux to Ezy-sur-Eure.
I'd planned a route for today that avoided as many hills as possible, but in view of the navigation issues Brendan had experienced yesterday, I chose a slightly different route via Les Andelys. This involved two hill climbs, both fairly gradual, but with excellent long downhill runs to follow.
Les Andelys is a town on the River Seine. There are magnificent chalk cliffs, and a huge castle on the top of one of the cliffs. I was just wondering where Brendan might be (we'd agreed to meet somewhat vaguely near the river) when I heard a car horn sound. We had a picnic lunch in a small tree lined square, then headed for the tourist office to get my Pilgrim Record stamped. I should have taken advantage of their wifi, because it turned out to be the last available wifi for several days.
The afternoon took me through a string of very pretty villages, obviously a well-to-do part of France - Paris commuter belt maybe.
I thought we were going to camp at Anet. At the last village before Anet, Brendan texted to ask me to buy a few food items. Unfortunately, I failed to read the rest of his message, which would have told me that he had pitched camp at nearby Ezy. I got there eventually after visiting the Anet site, looking for the 'main square' which Anet didn't have. Got there in the end. And learned an important lesson -to read my emails properly.
Good campsite, with very friendly manager who let us chill our freezer blocks and stamped my Record.
Well if your trip achieves nothing else (although I'm sure it will!!) we will all be grateful if you now read your emails properly! :P
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