Category Archives: General

Monday’s cycle was planned to be Amboise, a shorter 63km cycle. We had arranged to meet Sligo friends, Caroline and John, who were in France for dinner in Amboise. We set off from Saint Patrice and the cycle route took … Continue reading →

We slept soundly in our very quiet abode, the only sounds were the next-door church bell ringing and being woken by the cock crowing. Alix had breakfast ready in the garden – another gorgeous meal of freshly squeezed orange juice, … Continue reading →

A day’s rest is a great thing… we were up, and back on the road by 8.30 this morning rearing to go. Our plan for today, to get to Savennières, 85km according to Google maps cycle. These days we plan … Continue reading →

And then we rested! We were so impressed by the little we had seen of Nantes yesterday evening that we decided to take a rest day and see some more of the city today. It was great to be staying … Continue reading →

We arrived in Roscoff on Sunday and up to Wednesday, Day 4 we have been travelling down France in a south easterly direction. Thursday, Day 5 we were to travel east from St Nazaire on Véloroute 6.  Given that we … Continue reading →

Today, Day 4, was Malestroit to St Nazaire. As the ‘Google Maps crow cycles’, it was to be 77km. Strava shows our actual as 83km. We stayed in a lovely B&B in Malestroit last night. Madame reminded me a lot of … Continue reading →

I forgot to include the photo of Denis drying his shirt on an electric fence while we stopped for a snack on Sunday. His very own electric picnic 🙂 Day 2 Monday 5th June The forecast for Monday was wind … Continue reading →

Well our cycle Roscoff to Budapest has begun! The map shows Véloroute 6  from Nantes to Budapest, however, we have to first cycle from Roscoff to meet it at Nantes.             Here is our rough plan: … Continue reading →