by Jon Rolfe | May 31, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
It was nice to wake by the river. Nowhere nearby to buy food this morning but due to our fabulous advance planning we were able to enjoy a breakfast of a short banana each and a shared Twix that had melted in the sun and re-solidified overnight several times over. Set...
by Jon Rolfe | May 29, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Get up in the morning, pastries for breakfast,Allons voir une site préhistorique,Oh…Oh…The Troglodytes Woke beside the river to glorious sunshine and a day that was clearly going to become very hot. A short walk to breakfast at the local épicerie. Packed up camp and...
by Jon Rolfe | May 28, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Nice cat at campsite this morning, very friendly. Packed up and cycled into Tourtoirac. Bought breakfast pastries from a lovely boulangerie and ate them at a friendly brasserie with coffee. Started with a climb that wasn’t too steep but it went on for 10 miles. We...
by Jon Rolfe | May 27, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
A beautiful sunny morning and Jackie started the day on the beach reading the cycling magazine given to her yesterday by the kindly man just after the fish fingers (c’mon – keep up!). Spent a relaxed morning pottering around Brantôme, looked at the abbey...
by Jon Rolfe | May 25, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Started the day with bread and cheese outside our tent. Some ducks came to visit. We wanted to start early as we were anticipating a difficult day: 41 miles and almost 800 metres of climbing and we wanted to get to the bike shop in our destination town of Brantôme by...