Le Tour de Paris

It was in Paris, in 2015, that an agreed route was mapped out to take us from our Carbon Dependancy to a Sustainable Future.

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From Saint-Denis via Le Bourget & around Paris 25 miles.

Depart Saint-Denis 08:00
Gare St. Lazare 13:00
- TNO #3117 to Rouen 13:40-14:59
Overnight Rouen

SAINT-DENIS VIA LE BOURGET INTO PARIS. 40 KM/ 25 MILES

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Highlights:

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Image-09-04-2026-at-23.22-1.jpeg — **Pre-industrial** **Basilica of Saint Denis**. Rebuilt 1144. Destination for pilgrims, burial place of many kings of France.

LEADERSHIP

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**COP 21 Venue**
Le Bourget conference centre, Paris.
Climate Change Agreement finalised 12/12/15.
**175 Signatories 22/4/2016**.
Now **194** – Iran,Libya,Yemen declined.
(USA withdrew again 20/1/2026)

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**Palais Bourbon.** French National Assembly.
Built 1722-1728, façade added 1806.

POWER IN THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL ERA

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Image-24-11-2025-at-20.41.jpeg — **Pre-Industrial power.** **Moulin Radet** (Paris, 1717) Flour mill, harvest pressing, grinding. Re-built on the site of Moulin de la Galette.

Carbon Fuelled

In the 1970s France generated about half of its electricity from fossil fuels. Since the 1973 Oil Crisis it has switched to nuclear (70%) and hydro electricity (12%). Coal, oil & gas now account for only 4%

ICONIC BUILDINGS. PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

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**Notre Dame, Paris**.
Built 1163-1260.
Spire height 96m.
Limestone, marble & wood

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Image-08-03-2026-at-21.38.jpeg — **Arc de Triomphe**. (1806-36). Napoleon’s 50m high commemorative arch

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**Eiffel Tower, Paris.**
Built 1887-9.
Height 330m.
Prefabricated wrought iron

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Built 1984-9
Height 21.6 m
673 steel-framed glass panels

MASS TRANSPORT

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**Stagecoach Terminus.**
Rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris
_{(Louis Leopold Boilly})

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**Gare St.Lazare**
(1837, rebuilt 1889)
Trains to Rouen, Le Havre _{(Monet 1877})

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Gare St.Lazare
1960s. French rail electrified

Around Paris

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RETURN: ROUEN TO DIEPPE 68 KM/ 42 MILES

Rouen to Dieppe 42 miles

Cleon EV motor factory
Anquetil’s grave, Quincampoix
Dieppe 42 miles
or TER 851725 to Dieppe 16:08-16:57
Return ferry DFDS check in closes 18:16 arr. Newhaven 22:30

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SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Image-22-02-2026-at-21.21.jpeg — Cléon **Renault EV** power factory near Rouen. Engine and gearbox production site undergoing a major transformation into a hub for electric motor production

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Image-09-04-2026-at-22.58-2.jpeg — Wherever there is a mode of transport, mankind will use it to compete. **Jaques Anquetil** was the dominant cycle racing athlete in the age of steel bikes 1959-64