Last night we made the decision to return to England on Friday, so just a few days to fill in on our slow amble north to Calais. First stop was Le Cateau-Cambresis, as you will know the birthplace of the artist Henri Matisse. The '7 minute walk into town' from the aire was.............grotty, fortunately the centre was a little better. His museum was closed but in the adjoining school we saw the huge stained glass window of his. After that we basically meandered in a generally westerly direction and will spend the night just south of Cambrai.
6-7pm Tuesday 24th June - it rained, only about the third time in 2 months, the sun is back out now though.
The battlefields of the Somme - in fact, largely fought over its tributary, the Ancre, is where we head tomorrow.
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