Category: EuroVelo 4
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Rest days in Redon
Redon is at the crossroad of two rivers and a canal that goes from Nantes to Brest, a distance of about 240 miles (385km). We entered Redon on a towpath on La Viliane river from Rennes, and stayed for three nights. Redon is much smaller and less cosmopolitan than Rennes, so we had plenty of…
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Rennes to Redon
The route from Rennes to Redon was almost completely along a towpath with essentially no vehicles. The path was primarily crushed gravel in good condition. The route finding was simple since we just followed the canal! It was basically flat except for one detour that took us over a steep hill. The route was 57…
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Rennes: a cool place
For a place that we never considered as a destination, Rennes is really cool. The combination of ancient half-timbered houses, young people crowding cafes, beautiful cobbled streets, hipsters on bikes, sophisticated shopping areas and a diverse restaurant scene make this place much cooler than we expected.
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Rennes: Into the middle of Brittany
Today, we cycled from Mont St Michel to Rennes, a distance of 50 miles with about 1,200 feet of elevation gain. The terrain was pretty easy: along rivers, through farmland and along a canal for the last 20 miles. We stitched together 2 EuroVelo routes, the V10 and the V42-V2, with some cross country navigation…
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A day at Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel needs no introduction, sort of like the Eiffel Tower. Chris had never been here and I think it’s one of those places that you really must see if you are “in the neighborhood”. Started in year 708, occupied by monks since 966 and repeatedly repelling the English during the Hundred Years’ War,…
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St Malo to Mont St Michel
Getting out of St Malo was the hardest part of the day! The streets are all twisty-turny and so it was hard to get pointed the right direction. But after we got going, it was pretty easy going. Today’s ride was about 42 miles with about 850 ft of climbing that was all in the…
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Towards St. Malo!
Since we started this Brittany adventure, both Chris and I have been looking forward to our visit to St. Malo. We had both read “All the light we cannot see“, and that brought strong interest to visit and explore this historic town. I had visited 40+ years ago, but Chris had never been here .…
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A flower rich ride
Yesterday we rode from St. Quai Portrieux to Erquy, a distance of 42.5 miles with elevation gain of 2,550 ft. The route navigated us around St. Brieux, giving us a brief look at an auto-route packed with speeding cars! Wow…we have not seen anything like that since we came! The route we are following is…
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A restful rainy day – and dinner at « home »
While French food is renowned around the world, there are still times when you just want a quiet dinner at home, along with a bottle of wine to savor together. And that’s what we had. Plus we had the best view in town from our apartment so why go elsewhere? We moved the table by…
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Ride day 3: Ahead of the storm
We rode today from Perros-Guirec to St. Quai Portrieux, a distance of 51 miles with 2850 feet of elevation gain. It took us about 9 hours with an hour of stops. The landscape here is rolling and we’ve learned to enjoy the downhills since we’ll pay them back in uphill soon enough! The weather is…