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Western France


A cycle camping trip from Roscoff in Brittany to Poitiers in Western France

2,349 km (1,460 miles) over 38 days from July 31, 2002 to September 6, 2002

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, 1-3 months
Locales: Europe, France
Year: 2002

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/ourfrance2002tour2

Copyright © 2002-2012 By Dave & Jo Whitney - (contact)

Status: Completed Sep 2002
Last updated: Saturday June 12, 2004 07:40 UTC -08:00 (edited Fri 13 Aug 2010 11:49 UTC -08:00)
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Basilica at St Anne d'Auray


Table of Contents

France Again!

      Getting there - (the long train journey day)
      Roscoff to St Renan - (the first BPF stamp day)
      St Renan to Crozon - (the 'is that a rat' day)
      Crozon to Quimper - (the arrival at the Semaine Federal day)

Semaine Federal Week

      Day 1 - (the 2,500 people for an evening meal day)
      Day 2 - (the tyre blow out day)
      Day 3 - (the longest cycling distance day)
      Day 4 - (the walk around Quimper day)
      Day 5 - (the picnic day)
      Day 6 - (the bad weather no cycling day)
      Day 7 - (the last ride of the Semaine Federal day)
      Day 8 - (the Semaine Federal procession day)

Onwards through Brittany

      Quimper to Guemene-s-Scorf - (the cycling 3 nuns day)
      Guemene day ride - (the first BPF stamp in the Cotes d'Armor day)
      Guemene to Ploemel - (the really nice day to be on a bike day)
      Ploemel day ride - (the French nation holiday busy roads day)
      Ploemel to Malestroit - (the night out in the town day)
      Malestroit to Herbignac - (the little lad in a bus shelter day)
      Herbignac day ride - ( the mechanic man to the rescue day)

Into the Loire Valley

      Herbignac to St Philbert - (the crossing of the big bridge day)
      St Philbert to Ancenis - (the back to the Loire valley day)
      Ancenis - (the first rest day for 9 days day)
      Ancenis to St Lambert du Rattay - (the leaving of the Loire valley day)

The Deux-Sevres Department

      St Lambert to St Varent - (the bad coffee stops day)
      St Varent to Parthenay - (the lots of melons in fields day)
      Parthenay to La Chapelle - (the visit to friends from back home day)
      La Chapelle St Laurent - (the all day rain and poorly old man day)
      La Chapelle to Melle - (the second hotel stop day)

The Charente Department

      Melle to Rouillac - (the dodging the rains day)
      Rouillac to Piegut-Pluviers - (the campsite to ourselves day)

The Vienne Department

      Piegut-Pluviers to Confolens - (the hard cycling day)
      Confolens day ride - (the first other cycle tourists for a while day)
      Confolens to St Secondin - (the campsite shut, campsite hardly open day)
      St Secondin to Chauvigny - (the three BPF stamp day)
      Chauvigny day ride - (the last BPF stamp of the holiday day)
      Chauvigny to Chasseneuil-en-Poitou - (the falling apart day)

The last day

      Chasseneuil to Poitiers and home - (the tourist and going home day)

Afterthoughts


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