Leaving my hotel in Rouen, jam tarts for breakfast! on a side note this hotel chain, Brit Hotel, is brilliant for cycle tourists as the one I used here and the one in Le Havre I was able to store my bike safely inside there offices over night - excellent!
I've seen one of these digital cyclists counting signs before in Rennes, from what I can gather they measure the amount of cyclists who pass the sign when there is a certain cycling race on in the particular city
A view of the Seine from Rouen, the Pont Gustave-Flaubert bridge in the far distance
Nice bit of street art I spotted whilst making my way out of Rouen
This house looks like something out of a Japanese anime! amazing roof design!
This cycle path travels along the shipyards next to the Seine and is fascinating to watch as you cycle by!
The MV Balmoral cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and was built in 1988, weighs 43 tons and can carry 1,325 passengers!
The 'Oraluna' a Oil/Chemical Tanker built in China
The Pastacorp/Lustucru crop grower building, Rouen
Cycling through Croisset
16 Pl. du Général de Gaulle, Croisset
Another picturesque building that can be seen along the cycle route to Bourg-Achard
This garden pavilion (c.1844) of the is the only part that remains of the family Flaubert property lived in by the French novelist Gustave Flaubert for 35 years
A great overhead shot of the route I cycled along with the Flaubert Pavilion and the Seine
Information plaque about the Flaubert family house
Information plaque about the Flaubert family house
The Flaubert Pavilion (the only remaining part of the Flaubert family house still standing today) as photographed in 1904
This unusually designed building I spotted along this part of the Seine is for Waste-Management Services
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
A huge piece of artwork along the corrugated fence of this industrial building in Val-de-la-Haye
Taking my bicycle on the free ferry crossing between Val-de-la-Haye to Petit-Couronne
As I depart the ferry at Petit-Couronne I watch it sail back to Val-de-la-Haye
I take a pause to take in the industrial area of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Taking a break before a big hill climb in Moulineaux
This little character points out that there's a street crossing
The end of the big hill climb in Moulineaux (and if you've watched the video I made you will also see this is the spot I bumped into a strange creature up in the hills!)
A pizza vending machine I found near where I was camping for the night - unfortunately I ended up with a cold pizza as I couldn't figure out the options that were in French, was still nice though!
Monument to the dead from the battles of Château-Robert and Moulineaux bred in Maison-Brûlée
Arrival at my campsite in Bourg-Achard 'Camping le Clos Normand'
The end of a long day and a fast tent set-up and shower just before the rain set in
Up the Seine without a Paddle 4K (click on the picture to play)