Rain, hills and no direction.

What a day.

Last night I kept cycling for a bit but had nothing left in the tank, so I turned down a quiet country lane to look for a place to camp. I wasn't having much luck but eventually found a stand of trees to camp in. The farm nearby was having a party and I thought about wandering in but I ended up falling asleep.

I woke up this morning at 8 and my phone was on. I turned it off last night to conserve battery but it switched itself back on and chewed through the battery. I turned it off again and it went into some updating mode and chewed through the rest of the battery. So today I had to do a Forest Gump and just ride. Except he ran. It happens.

Somehow though I managed to go in a useful direction. I got to Azincourt, which is better known in the UK and Australia as Agincourt. It's the place where Henry V used his longbow archers to demolish the French. I arrived fairly early and there was a medieval festival on. I was keen to go in, mostly to see if I could have a go of one of the longbows, but the bike prevented me. It hadn't really started yet either so I decided to keep going. I did zoom around on my bike and have a look at the battlefield.

That was the last zooming I did today, that's for sure. Hills, hills everywhere!

After Azincourt I didn't know where to go. I saw a road that seemed familiar and picked a direction (it was left, if you're wondering) and off I went. I was hoping to find a Cafe to charge my phone. Turns out everything is shut on Sundays. I searched through a lot of towns. I ended up following the signs to Crecy because it was the site of another fairly large dust up in the 100 years war. It was pelting down by this stage so I just looked, thought "Yep I'm definitely too late for the battle" and moved on.

I carried on down the same road towards Abbeville, mostly because it had a green sign and all the other towns have white ones. The rain got too heavy to keep going safely so I pulled over. Had a quick nap in the rain at one stop. Finally got to Abbeville and everything  was shut. I wandered around for an hour and a half looking for McDonald's. My front basket (aka the kitchen/dining area) broke. I managed to fix it with the clothes line Jason gave me before I left.

I was feeling pretty miserable before I got here. The fact my phone is working and that I rode almost double what I thought I had has cheered me up. Will definitely hit the coast tomorrow. Only going to put in a short day tomorrow.

After my phone charges I need to find a place to camp. Hopefully not too far away. The rain looks to have died down a bit. My only jumper and tracky daks are soaked.

This might have to be all for today. Praying for sunshine tomorrow.