Friday 17 June 2016 – A prayer for Fair Play

Back to base day so not too stressful.  Kind old Paul and Phil with yet another lift to the station as they set off on their trek back to Kenilworth via Calais.  Decided to have breakfast in Hazebrouck but prepared for it with a coffee with our matey down at the Aux Trois Roi, where the first coffee of the day is free.  Brekkie was in a nearby boulangerie and an interesting talk with the owner and his wife about brexit.  They wanted the UK to stay. 
1^st stop Lille where the station is a French version of St Pancras. 

From there into Lille Cathedral which had a prayer for fair play. 

 Lille is a very anglicised city in terms of its shops and it is surprising to find the cathedral dating from the 14^th century in its midst.  There was enough time to light a candle in memory of sadly missed relatives and for a few moments silence to remember happy memories of them. 

 A walk down the wide avenue to Gare de Lille Europe, via the Fanzone, the walk becoming a run as the heavens opened and the roof of the gare became porous.  For our return the train was direct to Rennes.  The route took us around the outskirts of Paris stopping and Charles de Gaulle airport and Disneyland Paris.