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Lusignan to l’isle jordain….no moussac
So plan was to hit the road early ish and make my way to l’isle jordain….as I was leaving the campsite guardian said that camp in l’isle jordain….is ferme. A quick check on the phone indicated it is cabins only….but a campsite was 5km north in the small village of moussac…..a cunning deviation point added…
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Shops dont vanish in France…they just fade
In this town a good demonstration how some places survive and thrive and some slowly fade away….no real shops in town apart from bakers. Most of the photos below taken in 200mtrs on same street, it would have been bustling in years gone by.
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A far better day….
So during all yesterday’s crap ending passed the 1000 miles mark… Today was from parthenay to liusgnan on a fairly flat route, through some small villages and some planned and unplanned history. First a quick ride through the old town, showed a fine church and town wall gate. Then on to the first village of…
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Mmm the day did not go quite to plan…..
So after 93km yesterday i did not want to go all the way to parthaney as it would be another 90 plus km day…..so you have guessed it ended up going all the way. Planned to stop at a campsite at a resevoir….not much info on it, but owned by local community. Started off fine…
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From chalonnes sur loire to montsoreau
Got up at first light and was on the road by 7am…as it was to be a long day… first up it was away from the river and s climb and into the vinyards After a while on tiny roads it was on the main Cornish road above the valley, a fine view from a…
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Day off pootle along the north bank
Decided to take a Day off here so cycled back north over the three bridges again and turned right towards La Possonnière, having no load on the bike apart from bar bag and flat smooth empty road enabled a real lick on. So did not take long to La possonniere to arrive…and it is an…
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To the loire….or 45miles from rural nothingness to tourism central
So after packing up and saying good bye to Kev sent off on What was to be 45 miles almost dead south. The ride out of town was quick…it’s a small place. And suddenly need up on a rural road where traffic measured in hours per car….not car per hour…never car a car. Found a…
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Routers to craon
This would be my last day in Brittany and then cross over into the Department of Mayenne…which lived up to its description as being very rural….and apparently city dwellers think of them as a little backward. So pack up and off as usual morning ride was to be to vitre where I planned to stop…
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Pontorson to fougers
Walked into ponterson….market just setting up as i bought bread and croissants and ate back at camp…noticed these sheep so got a photo as i left A short day at 40km. But wanted to visit the upper Brittany botanical gardens, so glad I did…they where faboulus….all a product of one man, now maintained by 4…
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Odd French road stuff
You see signs like this in country side….this was most complex yet. Delivery drivers have zero excuse here And these sign posts seem to be a Bretton thing
Date Jan 22, decided myself and work where not a happy mix, two months on and I handed in my notice. Plan is to take the rest of the year off and enjoy life, get fit and see where we get too…..
Year of opportunity 