Team GB has made Camp des Loges its training center. The approximately 40,000 inhabitants of Saint-Germain-en-Laye may not go so far as to drive on the left and have tea, but they will live a summer on English time.

“I don’t need to tell you how beautiful your city is”, charmed Mark England, the head of mission for Team GB ten days ago during the first formal contact between the inhabitants and representatives of the municipality.