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• day 04
• Thursday, 30 August 2018
• Licques to Thérouanne
• 53 km to yesterday
• 31 km today
• 84 km on Via Francigena to date

For me, the start is a little late than my custom..  Because of the generosity of the camp manager, I decide to "break camp", take breakfast and then start out.

And it is not long before my wayfinding is sorely tested.  While is a major town ahead, the roads are fine but are not named and have no traffic.  No road signs point my way ahead for quite a while and the map on my tablet is working overtime.  After a while I pick up the D225 and almost after passing under a motorway, encounter a shopping centre on the outskirts of Lumbres.  Lunch is had and I move on, now along the D192.

A few hours on and Le Rivoli, labelled as "cafe - tabac - loto - fdj" hoves into view.  Yes there is a coffee machine and, as at Guines and Liques, the other activities seem more dominant.  Refreshed, I continue.

It is some time since I walked this distance, and had come from a lot of travel from London to Edinburgh for Virginia and Warren's Fringe Festival gig and back again the week before and I am still recovering.

As I arrive at the community operated gite d'etape (hostel for the section) two cyclists appear.  As they have the language they ring the number and we are soon registered.  As it is too late for a meal in the town our hosts drive us s small distance to takeaways.

And so to bed.