Wissant to Guines

May 29        

Wissant to Guines – 29 km

We left the broad beach of Wissant and the white cliffs of Dover behind to begin the walk across of the French countryside to the Jure and the Alps.

The leg to Guines is the 2^nd of 47 in France.  We walked against the wind through rain and shine with only a brief stop for lunch; a ham and cheese baguette never tasted so good.  We kept watch on the weather as it rolled across the plain, granting us time to put on our rain gear, which protected us spectacularly well.  Some frantic cyclists but no thru walkers until we reached our hotel in Guines, a single English woman walking the whole way to Rome, but she lives in Italy and thinks Cinque Terre is too touristy.  We may have to keep our distance.