Onwards into France! They were very fit by this time and could cycle quite a long way each day. In one, very flat area, they could see a large, spiky cathedral on a hill in the distance. - Chartres They cycled all day, watching this cathedral get closer and closer. Then they arrived in the town and got lost. They couldn't see the cathedral anywhere, because the streets were very narrow and had tall old buildings on either side. Finally they found it, but they couldn't see it very well - it was too close, too big and too crowded with other buildings.