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Month: March 2019

—  By Helm and CrewMarch 29, 2019

Selebrating with Soissons: 03/08 – 06/08

Bourg-et-Comin – Soissons We awoke about 7 am to find our commercial neighbours had left already, so quietly that they hadn’t disturbed us. We decided the aim for the day was the large town of Soissons, a good candidate for a couple of days’ stay…
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