More than a cake. Video at Longny au Perche.

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We spent a pleasant evening in Longny au Perche, deploying 5 cameras.

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Longny-au-Perche is twinned with Milverton*, the small village in Somerset I grew up in. I wonder if I’m the first from there to do PBP? I really should have stopped instead of sailing through

(* the sign I took my long-planned selfie in front of says M verton. I feel some letter writing coming on...)

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Just occurred to me that somewhere 'round here is twinned with Dreux.

I really ought to have done *something* more useful with that knowledge than simply post on here, shouldn't I...?

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We spent a pleasant evening in Longny au Perche, deploying 5 cameras.

Halfway down the hill after the church there used to be a bakery that stayed open. Was gone the last time I looked.

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Halfway down the hill after the church there used to be a bakery that stayed open. Was gone the last time I looked.

Many of the shops that used to open have gone. The bakery in Tremblay-les Villages used to open, and had a cyclist dummy with turning wheels in 1999, now it's a house. Another factor is the earlier start times on a Sunday. Bakers work early hours, so it's not much of a leap to open at night.

There's some discussion of lights and group behaviour on facebook. I can only spot one hand signal at 1.11 in the film. Another interesting point is the way that very bright, and poorly aimed lights project shadows onto the wall of the church.

The riders in the middle of the groups with no lights would be unaware of the fact. Those without fluorescent gilets would be reluctant to drop out of groups. They'd have the chance once the groups split on the climb out of Longny.