If you are ever on a bike heading south from Calais through a very blusterous Northern France with the wind in you face then I have a few tips for you.
First, try zig-zagging, choosing roads at an angle that prevent you coming to a grinding halt as the wind gusts to 20m.p.h. or more. It may mean that you have to cycle half as far again but at least you will be moving and, after all, that's the idea.
Secondly. Hide in the valleys or behind hedgerows. It’s not cowardly, it’s OK, no one is looking.
And finally, when you finally get to your destination and look in horror as the French weather forecast predicts exactly the same for the next day, then switch to the BBC web-site. There they suggest calmer winds. Some sort of British understatement perhaps but it gets you out of the door and this time they were right.
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