FrançaChâtelaillon-Plage46°5’13” N 1°5’34” W
1 de junho de 2019, França ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
It was hot enough to melt the tarmac today but we set off on the bikes for a 40 mile loop. Shunning the beach front where everyone else on the planet was going we headed off inland on a lovely routeLeia mais
FrançaChâtelaillon-Plage46°5’14” N 1°5’34” W
31 de maio de 2019, França ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
It's been so many years that we have wanted to visit here. Started when the kids were small and never went away. So today we struck out on a 60 mile ride over the bridge from la Rochelle to the Ile deLeia mais
FrançaChâtelaillon-Plage46°5’13” N 1°5’34” W
30 de maio de 2019, França ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Long drive today to La Rochelle. We have always wanted to cycle on the Ile de Ré, so tomorrow it will happen. We are camped in a quiet place just south of La Rochelle near a huge plage where half ofLeia mais
FrançaLa Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens48°23’0” N 1°50’12” W
29 de maio de 2019, França ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Second days riding from our base in the châteaux grounds. Dull day but lovely route, along the canal to a wee village having its weekly market. Coffee and tartelette Normandie (apples, yum). Too hardLeia mais
FrançaLa Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens48°23’0” N 1°50’12” W
28 de maio de 2019, França ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Sat out the morning rain and then set off on the bikes. Routes galore round here. Mostly called the voie verte but lots of different options. We added a couple of loops together and followed a routeLeia mais
FrançaLa Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens48°23’0” N 1°50’12” W
27 de maio de 2019, França ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Slept so well in the supercomfy super quiet castle bed, but woken by three cockerels at dawn. And they didn't stop....
So we got up to our homemade jams and yogurt breakfast with lovely fruits andLeia mais
InglaterraPoole Ferry Port50°42’36” N 1°59’46” W
26 de maio de 2019, Inglaterra ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
And we are off!
After a slight hiccup when our long awaited ferry to Santander was cancelled last week (engine fire + rudder not working ....) we switched to Cherbourg. Good old Brittany ferries gaveLeia mais
