Day 34 – Boat trip around Fort Boyard
This post is the photos Brian took during the boat trip around Fort Boyard :
Month: August 2016
Day 34 – Fouras les Bains
Day 34 22/8/16 Fouras les Bains (and a boat trip around Fort Boyard) 19 miles cycling around average speed 8.4 mph top speed 19 mph Now that’s what I call a day off. Up late at 8.30. Went into town to market and bought sardines on ice. Went to see girl at tourist office and … [Read more…]
Day 33 – La Rochelle to Fouras Les Bains
Day 33 21/8/16 44miles (La Rochelle to Fouras Les Bains) Average speed 12.2 mph Top speed 80mph A brilliant start to the day, two in a row at Ibis Hotel breakfast buffet. All you … [Read more…]
Day 32 – La Rochelle
Day 32 20/8/16 La Rochelle It is easier cycling than having a day off! Today I clocked up 40 miles . Great early start: in the shower … [Read more…]
The Adventures of Brian the Snail – Day 17 to 22
More rivers, more fishing, more football, a wedding, more beers, more wine, more music, more tourist offices, more football, 800 miles, less wifi, less electric, NO PHONE. Disaster! In Lorient, where Brian left his phone in the shower block and it had gone when he went back for it. So most of the day he … [Read more…]
The Adventures of Brian The Snail – Sightseeing and sloping off
From Craon, following the cycle path still, Brian stopped at a tourist office (he said it was for information, personally I think that’s where all the pretty girls hang out) and then at a bar (where all the beer hangs out) before setting off again. I was just dozing off when I found myself flying … [Read more…]
Day 31 – La Tranche to La Rochelle
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 – Olonne-sur-Mer to La Tranche
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 – Les Moutiers-en-Retz to Olonne-sur-Mer
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 – Paimboeuf to Les Moutiers-en-Retz
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…]