CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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227 km from Grenay to Grenay, about 4 h 13 of riding. It goes by way of Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de, Beffroi de Rue and back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Between Grenay, Mazingarbe and Vermelles, in the heart of the Gohelle, the Cité du n°7 is one of the mining villages built by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune for the workers of its pit number 7. The houses, laid out in tidy rows with gardens, still form a coherent neighbourhood, part of the UNESCO-listed mining basin. Each company built its cités in its own style, and the variety of brick patterns, porches and layouts is surprisingly rich once you start looking.
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Cité du n°7 de Béthune is where the day begins. Next is Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de.
On 26 March 1918, with the German spring offensive smashing through the British lines and threatening to split the Allied armies apart, French and British leaders met in the town hall of Doullens, a small town on the river Authie, north of Amiens. In a room on the first floor, they agreed to give the French general Ferdinand Foch the coordination of all Allied forces on the Western Front, a decision that many historians see as a turning point of the war. The room, now known as the Salle du Commandement Unique, can still be visited, with a stained glass window commemorating the meeting. The belfry of the old town hall, a solid tower from the late Middle Ages, is part of the UNESCO group of belfries of Belgium and France.
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Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de comes up 64 km in. Next is Beffroi de Rue.
Rue is a small town of three thousand people that used to be a seaport, and the belfry in the middle of it is one of the reasons it still feels more important than its size suggests. Over centuries the Baie de Somme silted up and the sea pulled back, leaving Rue stranded a few kilometres inland among salt meadows and polders, but the stone tower that once watched the harbour still stands over the square. It is part of the group of belfries of Belgium and northern France on the UNESCO list, symbols of civic freedom built by towns that wanted the world to know they governed themselves.
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129 km in you reach Beffroi de Rue. Next is back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de.
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back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de, late in the day. Next is Cité du n°7 de Béthune.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cité du n°7 de Béthune write-up.
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Back at Cité du n°7 de Béthune. That is the ride.
Cité du n°7 de Béthune → Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de → Beffroi de Rue is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Beffroi de Rue → back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de → Cité du n°7 de Béthune is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.