by Jon Rolfe | Jun 4, 2026 | Nantes to Biarritz 2026
Boy did it rain last night! And so loud too! We are so pleased with our tiny tent, we remained dry as a bone all night. Woke up this morning to drab weather and a pair of ducks sitting outside our tent, almost as if they’d been allocated to us during the night. Packed...
by Jon Rolfe | Jun 3, 2026 | Nantes to Biarritz 2026
Woken by soothing harp music piped throughout the ferry at 06:20. I roll over and switch on the window, with its view of blue sky and blue sea. Sit in the bar with the many other cyclists, as instructed. We land/dock at 08:45. Due to maintenance work disembarkation...
by admin | May 31, 2026 | Nantes to Biarritz 2026
And we’re off! Arrived in Portsmouth Sunday evening and took a short trip on a ferry, followed by a short ride to the Brittany ferries terminal where we queued in the evening sun and watched rain clouds looming on the horizon. Hmm, the super-hot sunny weather of the...
by Jon Rolfe | May 13, 2023 | St Malo to Montpelier 2023
And we’re off! Cycling onto a ferry is always exciting, heralding the start of a new adventure. This one’s possibly a little foolhardy – cycling 800 miles from St Malo to Montpellier. Hmm… We’ve generously given ourselves over three weeks to complete this trip,...