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...
by Jon Rolfe | May 25, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Left the slightly crap campsite as quick as we could this morning and went into the nearby town for breakfast. A restaurant was open early offering drinks only so we bought pain au Suisse from a nearby boulangerie and took it to the restaurant to have with our coffee....
by Jon Rolfe | May 23, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
Jackie bought breakfast nearby which we ate in the apartment. Yoghurts today. And pain au choc of course. Tidied up and gathered our washing from the line in the courtyard. Had a chat with our host Franck and then set off. Had a quick look at Église de Notre Dame in...