Thury-Harcourt to Ouisterham 32  miles Running total 953 miles  Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318441 Todays objective is to get to the ferry terminal at Ouisterham no later than 3pm. As long as we have no issues to contend with, this should be an easy ride. The cycle way is on a disused railway initially alongside […]

Flers to Thury-Harcourt 37 miles Running total 921 miles  Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318433 We set off on another lovely sunny day in Normandy. Our first stop is a cafe within 100 yards of the apartment, so we can have a coffee French style on the pavement in the early morning sun. Our second stop is […]

Mayenne to Flers 43 miles Running total 884 miles. Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318376 We wake up to blue skies, but it is chilly as we walk from the hotel across the river to pick up the route again. We walk, because on the side of the bridge we should be cycling on, there are […]

Château-Gontier to Mayenne 45 miles. Running total 841  miles  Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318345 We make an early start this morning because today is the longest cycling day of the trip. This was determined by the availability of places to stay along the route. Opposite the hotel is a Carfour supermarket, which we had identified […]

Angers to Château-Gontier 34 miles Running total 796 miles. Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318300 Yesterday’s free day, with no schedule, took some getting used to. Today, it is equally hard getting back into the cycling routine. After a leisurely breakfast, we leave the château to rejoin the route. The sun is out, and there is […]

Angers the rest day 0 miles on bikes 5 miles walking! Running total 762 miles cycling. We have no route to follow today. We are staying in Château des Forges, Chemin du Port. Unfortunately, they do not have a restaurant tonight, and so if we want to eat, we have to go out. The good […]

Gennes to Angers 32 miles. Running total 762 miles Todays route is here. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318257 This time next week, all being well, we should be back in the UK. But for today, we have a comparatively short days cycling. We have pre-boooked a meal in tonight’s château as it is several miles north of Angers and […]

Thouars to Gennes 41 miles. Running total 730 miles Here is todays route https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318196 We awoke this morning to a message from the hostess at tonight’s accommodation. There has been a confirmed case of Covid in the 19th century part of the castle we were booked to stay in. Do we want to move to […]

Parthenay to Thouars 42 miles. Running total 689 miles. Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318159 Our day starts with us feeling slightly worried after the number of hills we had to conquer yesterday. Garmin says today is going to be a tough long day with 1200 feet of climbing, but as a positive, it predicts 1500 feet […]

Niort to Parthenay 37 miles Running total 647 miles Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42318118 We travelled through Niort to pick up the cycle route, taking in, again the castle and some beautiful gardens. Niort has been a very pleasant surprise and is apparently being positively developed by a forward thinking Mayor. Today, the route made […]