DAY ONE… 51.5 miles (82.5 km) Arrived at St Malo on overnight (rather rolling) ferry. Woken by persistent music at the unearthly hour of 6am. Disembarked to find that the…
DAY 02… St-Meen-le-Grand to Redon
DAY TWO… 64 miles (102.5 km) We left the campsite and discovered almond croissants to die for. We continued along greenways and stopped to eat our croissants at a little…
DAY 03… Redon to Nord sur Erde
DAY THREE… 48 miles (77 km) We woke to cold and wet (dew). The sun was up but it was cold. The showers at the nearby trailer park were locked…
DAY 04… Nord sur Erde to St Florent le Vielle
DAY FOUR… 59 miles (94.5 km)… plus 8 miles extra to search for Alysun’s cycle pants Tim’s back was very bad this morning after 4 nights on his lilo with…
DAY 05… St Florent le Vielle to Gennes
DAY FIVE… 52.5 miles (84 km) It was wet again, but the sun shone. We are now not sure if we can have a rest day on this holiday at…
DAY 06… Gennes to Rigny-Ussé
DAY SIX… 40 miles (64 km) We paid an early morning visit to a Dolman….. a prehistoric table-like formation, maybe a burial chamber. It was obviously used later too as…
DAY 07… Rigny-Ussé to Amboise
DAY SEVEN… 46.5 miles (74.5 km) Another cold night and morning. I washed my face in a tiny saucepan with a tiny amount of hot water. We cycled to the…
DAY 08… Amboise to Beaugency
DAY EIGHT… 51.5 miles (82.5 km) A rather slow start to the day…. bad knees, washing and the familiar wet tents and groundsheet. Plus, the toilet block was a long,…
DAY 09… Beaugency to Sully-sur-Loire
DAY NINE… 51 miles (81.5 km) Set off at 9.30am. We were washing, chain oiling and generally finding it difficult to do anything very quickly, me with bad knees and…
DAY 10… Sully-sur-Loire to Port Thibault, Sancerre
DAY TEN… 52 miles (83 km) The boulangèries were absolutely bursting this morning. Is this what the French do on Sundays rather than visit shopping malls? We eventually procured a…