{"id":300,"date":"2018-06-16T19:52:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=300"},"modified":"2021-11-30T19:02:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:02:42","slug":"day-12-peronne-to-st-quentin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"Day 11 Peronne to St.Quentin – 11th June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Distance: 35.0 km \u2013 Elevation +200 m -170 m<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weather: <\/strong>Overcast\/rain pm. Temperature: High 22 degrees<\/p>\n

After a good breakfast, I was away from the auberge where I had been staying by 7.30 am.<\/p>\n

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My destination today was Seraucourt le Grand about 31 kilometres ahead. I had decided today to use the Lightfoot guide of the Canterbury to Besancon route. I had downloaded a kpl file of the route which I was using in conjunction with the maps.me app.<\/p>\n

I moved out of town to join the country road to Cartigny<\/p>\n

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I realised I had lost my hat, and with the later sun, I was contemplating how I could best protect my head when I heard a shout behind me  – I looked back and saw a man running up the hill waving my hat. He had seen the hat on the road guessed it was mine and ran after me close to half a mile!<\/p>\n

In Cartigny, I found an automated boulan\u0123erie which provided my lunch for the day and next<\/p>\n

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I carried on through the countryside<\/p>\n

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to the villages of Bouvincourt en Vermandois and Vraignes en Vermandois where I had the first rain since I had left Canterbury. So out came my trekking umbrella for its first use.<\/p>\n

In Trefcon I found a rare picnic table where I sat and enjoyed my lunch<\/p>\n

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Today was the first day I had not prearranged a bed for the night so I stopped when I reached \u0116treillers, 8 kilometres from my destination, to see what was available. I used every resource available to me but could not find anywhere here, behind or in front. The only accommodation available was 11 kilometres off route in Saint Quentin. I thought of bedding down somewhere using my bivvy bag but with heavy rain forecast, I opted to take the walk to Saint Quentin.<\/p>\n

On the outskirts of the town as I walked along a deserted track I passed beneath a road bridge with the most extraordinary graffiti<\/p>\n

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With 3 kilometres to go the promised rain arrived and it was still raining when I wearily fell into my bed.<\/p>\n

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