CYCLE OXHILL TO PARIS: Day 6 - Luzarches to Paris

A very chilly early start! We ate breakfast before the sun rose in an effort to reach Paris early - but it seemed to take forever to get out of Luzarches. This was the first (and only) day when Mike struggled to lead us.

We covered 30 miles in the countryside just outside Paris near Charles de Gaulle airport - the noise from the airplanes was incessant! But finally we reached the Canal d'Ourcq which runs from the outskirts of Paris into the centre. It is a fabulous way to enter into Paris because we could avoid crazy Parisian drivers! (Not to mention the canal is beautiful.)

By 4 p.m. we were finally outside our hotel in Montmattre, greeted by Derek with a bottle of champagne! The 315 mile ride is over. It still hasn't quite sunk in.