All packed up and ready to go - leaving my cosy Airbnb (and it's not raining...yet!)

Part of my breakfast from a local boulangerie was this UFO green custard filled pastry - was a bit too much custard for me though...

The Eglise de Lillebonne (Notre-Dame church)

Riding through Tancarville and you can see in top left of this photo on the cliff the 'Château de Tancarville' an 11th-century castle built by Raoul, chamberlain of the Duke of Normandy

Looking back over the commune of Tancarville

It's Halloween all year round at this house!

This funny character marks a school children's road crossing

This neat side road is next to the autoroute, exclusively for bicycles, and takes you most of the way to Le Havre from Tancarville

'Zenith discotheque' - spotted this as I rolled into Le Havre

The 'Bassin du Commerce' (trade harbour) in Le Havre

Information plaque on the 'Bassin du Commerce'

This decorative fountain displays every ten minutes at the 'Bassin du Commerce'

The impressive 'Monument aux Morts' a World War I & II Memorial in Place General de Gaulle, Le Havre

The 'Monument aux Morts' World War I & II Memorial, Place General de Gaulle, Le Havre

Names of French victims who lost their lives in World War's I & II on the 'Monument aux Morts' World War I & II Memorial

Detail of the 'Monument aux Morts' World War I & II Memorial

Information plaque at the 'Monument aux Morts' World War I & II Memorial

The incredible 'Le Volcan' performing arts theatre in Le Havre, designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and built over a four-year project (1978 – 1982)

Another part of the 'Le Volcan' and the cultural center

View of the Trésorerie Municipale (Government office) from the Point De Vue, Le Havre

This whole area around the Government office is very pleasant with the trams rolling through and the almost brutalist architecture of the tower!

This is known as the 'Narrow House' and was designed by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm in 2010

Église Saint-Joseph (St Joseph's Catholic Church), Le Havre - Brutalist design by Auguste Perret and built between 1951 and 1957/58

A Le Havre tram travels towards me with the Plage Le Havre (beach) in the distance

Information plaque on the Plage Le Havre

When I arrived at Plage Le Havre I was met with this amazing view of the swirling clouds! I could just look at that view forever (but I knew what was coming - rain!)

The 'Monument LH (Le Havre)' sculpture on Plage Le Havre, designed by artists Lang / Baumann in 2018 and represents the initials of the city (L and H)

My 'reached the final destination' moment/photo! apart from one more day in Dieppe this was the end of my journey up the Seine and as you can see from my tired face it was pretty hard going with the weather and even after leaving the beach I got caught in another huge storm! but hey this is what makes the adventure! :D

I'm going to leave this one to your imagination...

Up the Seine without a Paddle 4K (click on the picture to play)

Up the Seine without a Paddle, France 2022 Fully Loaded Cycle Tour

Day Seven: Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Haie to Le Havre | Northern France Fully Loaded Cycle Tour

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Photos from my nine day Fully Loaded Cycle Tour in September 2022 along the Seine River, Normandy and my second cycle touring trip in France. On this journey I took a mixture of train, boat & cycling and stayed in budget hotels, apartments & campsites and the weather was full of surprises as you will see! each photo has a annotation under it so you can follow along with the journey.

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