Milly Forest Roads and Gâtinais · part 2

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Photo stop near Pacy-sur-Eure

   Pacy-sur-Eure sits on the river Eure in Normandy, about an hour west of Paris, in a valley of meadows, poplars and chalk hillsides. The town is a modest market centre with a Gothic church, a riverside setting and good access to the A13 motorway. It is also the starting point of a heritage railway, the Chemin de fer de la vallée de l'Eure, which runs along the valley on summer weekends.

   Read the complete Photo stop near Pacy-sur-Eure write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Photo stop near Pacy-sur-Eure is where the day begins. Next is Food stop in Dreslincourt.

2. 2. Food stop in Dreslincourt

   Planning note

   Food stop in Dreslincourt is where this day stops to eat. Next is Paris / Île-de-France escapes.

3. 3. Paris / Île-de-France escapes

   Blérancourt is a village of about twelve hundred in the Aisne, in the green country between Soissons and Noyon, and it houses an unexpected museum: the Musée national de la Coopération franco-américaine, in the remains of a seventeenth-century château. It was founded by Anne Morgan, the daughter of the American banker J. P. Morgan, who came here after the First World War to help the villagers rebuild, and the museum tells the story of the friendship between France and the United States, from the American Revolution to the world wars. A fine garden and a pair of pavilions survive from the old château.

   Read the complete Near Blérancourt, on the way back write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   The route ends here after 198 km.