Day 31 19/8/16 46 miles (La Tranche to La Rochelle) Average speed 10.9 mph Top speed 19.3 mph A lovely day for cycling if you like rain and wind! I left the campsite at 11.30 and went straight to the bar opposite to sit out a thunderstorm, but gave in … [Read more…]
Day 30 18/8/16 Olonne-sur-Mer to La Tranche (27 miles approx. google maps) (Ermintrude : Brian is short of battery charge and wifi connection, so information is sketchy, and I am guessing at some of the pictures!) Rain in the night made it hard to get stove going but I managed to make toast and … [Read more…]
Day 29 17/8/16 63 miles (Moutiers to Ollone sur Mer) Average speed 11.2 Top speed 23.6 mph Up early and down to the boulangerie for bread and my first croissant au raisin. Followed route euro … [Read more…]
Day 28 16/8/16 43miles (Paimboeuf to Les Moutiers-en-Retz) Average speed 10 mph Top speed 26mph Slow start, much tea needed! Day got off to a flyer. D277 was a straight flat road with good Tarmac. I was bombing along at average of 15 mph for a while. Got to Minden and while taking photo … [Read more…]
Day 27 15/8/16 46 miles (Nantes to Paimboeuf) Average speed 9.6mph Top speed 23.8 mph After a night of stargazing and seeing the sunrise I was in no rush to get away as I had power and wifi. I’m a bit paranoid now of losing things so I’m taking iPad to the shower with … [Read more…]
It rained in Lisieux – Hooray!- but not for very long, so I didn’t get very far before it was time to pack up and be on the move again. We stopped to see what might be going on in Vendeuvre, there was a castle (or at least a big house, with a big garden) … [Read more…]
Day 26 14/8/16 No stats today. 53 miles approximately (so says Google!) Guenrouet to Nantes, via Bouvron, Blain, La Chapelle sur Erdre, A bit of a tough one today it’s getting hotter as I go south. Started slowly so that I could cheekily charge my batteries. Well, if they are going to steal my … [Read more…]
Day 25 13/8/16 53miles ( St Andre’s Roche to Guenrouet) Average speed 10.9 mph Top speed 26.5 mph The day started well with going into town for fresh pain. Said goodbye to Flora. She was probably a bit peed off from all the smoke from me trying to get the stove going. I’ve decided that … [Read more…]
Kit list Brian’s recommendations and experiences Best buy: pound shop stool. You can even put spare spokes in the legs! Just a quick update on the pound shop stool. I obviously haven’t lost enough weight as the stitching on one leg has succumbed to pressure but I think it’s repairable with some needle craft and … [Read more…]
Brian has lots of pictures of this campsite so I have given it a separate page of its own. http://www.brittanytourism.com/accommodation/campsites/camping-du-domaine-du-roc There is a section of the campsite that has vintage and veteran caravans and vehicles. The campsite is pretty and right next to the river