Ed & Sue's Adventures

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 […]

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 […]