england – Exploring by bicycle

Day 5: We make it to London! Avenue Verte completed!

After more than 220 miles, we reach the London Eye and the end of the our bike ride from Paris to London.

After riding more than 220 miles on our bicycles from Paris, we are at the London Eye.

This was a tough day: 61 miles and nearly 3,000 feet of climbing.

We’ve made it to England! London no longer feels so far away.

But if I thought Day 2 of our adventure along the Avenue Verte was challenging, Day 4 had it beat.

Mottisfont to Swanage, mostly using the U.K.’s National Cycle Network.

This ride is a shout-out to Britain’s National Cycle Network, which got us so much of the way from a few miles north of Mottisfont to Swanage.