Just a fleeting visit to France. Rolled along the coast from the Belgium border through Dunkirk and Gravelines to Calais. Stayed in the Hotel Meurice overnight which you would probably describe as faded grandeur, but the staff were friendly and the breakfast good. Then headed off the the Eurotunnel CIFFO office to meet the bicycle van that runs twice a day to the UK. So far as I can tell, the only reason it is not possible to cycle straight on the Eurotunnel trains just like motorcycles, is that the only road access is from the motorway.