Day 2: Dieppe to Abbeville (First Proper Day in the Saddle)
100km, 750m of climbing, and 50km of rain. The adventure gets real. Breakfast first. A little bit of everything, and a quiet piece of cake slipped into the pocket for later. No apologies. Just outside Dieppe I joined the Avenue Verte, a dedicated cycle path that threads south through Normandy towards Paris. Flat, safe, largely…