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(click to see the Itinerary or here for the original text in the Diary The postcards are numbered in order of reaching Turnchapel) Day 2, Sun 6th July Weymouth-Jersey via Guernsey Click Postcard 1 Day 3, Mon 7th July Jersey-St Malo (0830 sailing) then to Domineuc (Brittany, France) Click Postcard 2, Click Postcard 3 Day 4, Tuesday 8th July Domineuc-Bain de Bretagne via Rennes 60 Km Click Postcard 4 Day 5, Weds 9th July Bain-de-Bretagne - Nantes (Loire Valley) 80 Km Day 6, Thurs 10th July Nantes-Lucon via La Roche 90 Km Day 7, Fri 11th July Lucon-Royan, La Rochelle and Rochefort 90 Km Click Postcard 7 Day 8, Sat 12th July Royan area 15 Km Click Postcard 5 Day 9, Sunday 13th July Royan-Bordeaux via Blaye 120 Km Day 10, Mon 14th July Bordeaux-Agen (Canal de Midi) 80 Km Day 11, Tues 15th July Agen-Moissac 80 Km Day 12, Weds 16th July Moissac-Montauban region 40 Km Day 13, Thurs 17th July Monteban-Villefranche via Toulouse 80 Km Click Postcard 9 Day 14, Fri 18th July Villefranche-Narbonne via Carcassonne 90 Km Click Postcard 8 Day 15, Sat 19th July Narbonne-Sete (Mediterraenean Sea) 80 Km Day 16, Sun 20th July Sete-Nimes via Montpellier 80 Km Day 17, Mon 21st July Nimes-Orange via Avignon 60 Km Click Postcard 6 Day 18, Tues 22nd July Orange-Valence (Rhone river) 80 Km Click Postcard 10 Day 19, Weds 23rd July Valence-Grenoble (Vercours mountain range) 110 Km Day 20, Thurs 24th July Grenoble region 40 Km Day 21, Fri 25th July Grenoble-Aix les Bains (Alps) 70 Km Day 22, Sat 26th July Aix-les-Bains to Annecy 60 Km Click Postcard 11 Click Postcard 12 Day 23, Sun 27th July Maison-Neuve area 0 Km! Day 24, Mon 28th July Annecy-Geneva (Switzerland) 40 Km Day 25, Tues 29th July Geneva-Orbe (Lac Leman) 80 Km Day 26, Weds 30th July Orbe-Biel/Bienne 70 Km Day 27, Thurs 31st July Biel-Basel 90 Km Click Postcard 13 Day 28, Fri 1st Aug Basel-Freiberg (Germany) 70 Km Day 29, Sat 2nd Aug Freiberg-Baden-Baden (Black Forest) 100 Km Day 30, Sun 3rd Aug Baden-Baden to Heidelberg 90 Km Day 31, Mon 4th Aug Heidelberg area 15 Km Click Postcard 14 Day 32, Tues 5th Aug Heidelberg-Frankenstein via Mannheim 80 Km Day 33, Weds 6th Aug Frankenstein-Saarbrucken 100 Km Click Postcard 15 Day 34, Thurs 7th Aug Saarbrucken-Metz (France) 60 Km Day 35, Fri 8th Aug Metz-Chalons en Champagne 140 Km Day 36, Sat 9th Aug, Chalons-Meaux 100 Km Day 37, Sun 10th Aug, Meaux-Paris 50 Km Day 38, Mon 11th Aug, Paris area 0 Km! Day 39, Tues 12th Aug, Paris-Abbeville 140 Km Day 40, Weds 13th Aug, Abbeville-Le Torquet then Lydd-Romney Marsh (UK) Km (Lydd Air flight, time 1730) 90 then 30 Km Day 41, Thurs 14th Aug, Romney Marsh-Worthing via Brighton 110 Km Day 42, Fri 15th Aug, Worthing- Bournemouth via Southampton 120 Km Day 43, Sat 16th Aug, Bournemouth-Exeter 120 Km Day 44, Sun 17th Aug, Exeter-Plymouth 60 Km
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