by Jon Rolfe | Jun 5, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Breakfast on the campsite, bread & cheese followed by pain au choc with coffee for Jax and a lumpy hot choc for me. The lovely campsite dog came to see us. I like dogs. Jackie is very wary of them and not welcoming. So who did he want attention from? That’s right,...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 5, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Breakfast at the hotel: hot chocolate, fresh baguette, lashings of unsalted butter, honey and confiture. Had morning showers just because we could. Packed up and headed out on the road. Two significant climbs today. The first started after a couple of miles on the...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 3, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Amazing birdsong this morning. When it died down there remained a conversation between two birds – it seemed like a conversation because they politely took it in turns. One had a beautiful song, quite complex and very tuneful; the other had a repertoire of a...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 3, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Left dull campsite at Figeac. Two very big climbs straight away. It was good to get them over with in the morning but left me with tired legs for the rest of the day. Passed a lot of walkers who were hiking the Santiago de Compostelle. Stopped to to look at a giant...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 2, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
We felt like we could stay at the farm campsite until the cows came home! Luckily we knew they did this at 07:00 each day and in the event we overstayed and didn’t leave until 08:30. The cows didn’t seem to mind though. Our route sent us along a tiny overgrown...