Marans to Niort 38 miles. Running total 610 miles Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317990 We loved staying in the neat apartment within a court yard of a traditional French town house. It is a sunny morning, and the weather forecast predicts it should stay that way. The first job I have to complete is to […]

Châtelaillon-Plage to Marans 28 miles Running total 572 miles. Here are todays routes. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317868 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317950 We will be following two routes again today. We start on the La Vélodyssée which takes us up the Atlantic coast to La Rochelle and then we will head inland on the La Vélo Francette which is the newest French […]

Marennes to Châtelaillon-Plage 44 miles Running total 544  miles Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317710 Today will be our longest cycling day so far. We are in bright sunshine as we set off, which quickly turns to being overcast. We have left the vineyards behind us and cycled along the water courses that divide huge areas […]

Saint-Georges-de-Didonne to Marennes 36 miles Running total 500 miles. Woohoo! Here are todays routes  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317316 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317374 Today, we start cycling on the Route des Mers (Route of the Seas), which links the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. We then change onto the route La Vélodyssée (Atlantic Route). Hence, the two links to routes listed above. The […]

Conac to  Saint-Georges-de-Didonne 33 miles  Running total 464 miles Here is todays route which should appear if you click on the link now I have sorted technology https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317260 A beautiful morning, we head off on cycleways of various quality that pass around small ports and villages alongside the Garonne Estuary. We could take a more direct route […]

Blaye to Conac  32 miles  Running total 431            Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317197 We are now on the northern side of the river Garonne. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the rain showers on my weather app miss us. At least we are starting off in sunshine on a tarmacadam, disused railway track. At […]

Bordeaux to Blaye 31 miles Running Total 399 miles Here is todays route. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42317046 Today promises to be interesting (well for us) as we have to cross the Garonne by ferry from Lamarque to Blaye. There are no bridge options outside of Bordeaux because they do not want to  obstruct shipping reaching Bordeaux, historically an important […]

Bordeaux o miles running total 368 plus todays walking tour. This is our first day without any cycling, and we are glad because at 8, when we wake up, it is pissing down outside. However, to ensure my compatriot does not seize up or get bored, I have booked a surprise at 10:30 a.m. We […]

Savuveterre De Guyenne to Bordeaux 39 miles Running total 368 Here is todays route https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42298698 After the last 10 miles of yesterday’s ride being up and down hills, we decide on an 8am breakfast as we have 35 miles to cycle to Bordeaux and we will be able to check in from 2pm. We head […]

Caumont-sur-Garonne to Savuveterre De Guyenne 30  miles Running total 329. Here is todays route https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42298690 Today is the day where it all changes, and we have to leave the canal, which joins the Garonne River and has no cycleway. According to our host, the second half of the day has hills. This is not good […]