Very similar to Douce France 1, however this time I’m cycling with Bernard “Big Moustaches” Jeanjean.

There’s is some blue sky and occasionally a bit of sunshine, but in general it’s 11°C with a cooling north-easterly wind. After Sorbey, near Pillon, we had some slight rain, although nothing to worry about.

The route we took can be viewed on the Garmin site at:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/468367941

Detailed itinerary for the circuit is: Mussy-la-Ville (B) – Signeulx – St Remy – Ruette – Grandcourt – Allondrelle/La Malmaison (F) – Villancy – Longuyon – Noërs – Z.I. Kaiser – Sorbey – à la D66 près de Pillon, prendre à gauche dir. Arrancy, prendre chemin agricole (avec un panneau “No Entry, sauf ayants droit” – Rouvrois-sur-Othain, à droite sur D618, puis à gauche avant garage Citroën – Remenoncourt – Arrancy-sur-Crusnes – Beuveille – Fort de Fermont – Fermont (village) – La Roche – Montigny-sur-Chiers – Villers-la-Chèvre (sortie par Chemin du Bois de St Pancré) – Gorcy – Baranzy – Mussy.

Photo: The château at Remenoncourt, near Arrancy-sur-Crusnes, France.