St Maurice to St Etienne

Breakfast at the bed & breakfast was in our host's dining room overlooking the lake. The ride this morning was hilly but very nice. A cool day, with max forecast 19 degrees, mostly quiet roads through forest and small villages and straight past the amazing Chateau de La Roche. After about 40km and 520m of climbing we stopped in Balbigny for coffee and lunch. The weather was looking very threatening (it was actually raining, but Pat couldn't see it on his radar) so we decided to catch the train to Saint Etienne and ride to Lyon tomorrow.Read more