Nantes l'elephant

Finally arrived in Nantes, having lost one day due to a train strike and another because of the difficulty of rebooking the bicycles. Its a very nice city, really. We enjoyed the chateau d'Anne de Czytaj więcej
Finally arrived in Nantes, having lost one day due to a train strike and another because of the difficulty of rebooking the bicycles. Its a very nice city, really. We enjoyed the chateau d'Anne de Czytaj więcej
Today must have been our flattest 100km ever. Which does correlate with the wonderful marshes (la grande brière) that we discovered. Small villages perched on low granite outcrops just above the Czytaj więcej
Ça ne grimpe pas mais que ça change!
Après la Grande Brière ses cigognes et ragondins, nous découvrons un petit village breton aux maisons de granit aux toits de chaume.
Ces petits chemins Czytaj więcej
Une journée de crachin breton et nous déambulons dans le bocage, croisant un vieux moulin, des marais, des calvaires patinés par le vent et les âges. Un vieux braillard breton nous accueille avant Czytaj więcej
The gulf of Morbihan is stuffed with impressive neolithic constructions (we are approaching Carnac). The tumulus on the isle of Gavrinis was on a peninsula when built. Its notable for the extensive, Czytaj więcej
A gentle day as Alice is still running well under parr leaving Alain as chief of food provisions and heavy lugging (good thing it is still v flat). The coast line is gentle, lined with oyster farms Czytaj więcej
Its been a long wait for Alice’s first visit to Carnac, the site of huge alignments of neolithic megaliths. It was even crazier than she had imagined with megaliths everywhere. The mind boggles with Czytaj więcej
Nous nous reposons des alignements de Carnac dans les détours de la ria d'Etel. Une bonne pluie, bretonne à souhait, nous accompagne dans le dédale des itinéraires pour cycles bien numérotés -- Czytaj więcej
A dark damp day turning windy and then Wet. We visited the “unmissable” Pont-Aven art museum, Pont-Aven having been a favoured haunt of several impressionist painters including Gaugin and his Czytaj więcej
Concarneau, Fouesnant, Beg-Meil... Alain revit quelques merveilleux moments de ses grandes vacances à Beg-Meil, entre 1956 et 1970 -- à peu près.
Soleil et brise sont de sortie :-). Un petit tour Czytaj więcej
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