Three Seasons Around France: Spring - CycleBlaze

Three Seasons Around France: Spring

Barcelona to Calais

By Scott Anderson & Rachael Anderson
2,663 miles (4,286 km) over 91 days between Mar. 15, 2022 and Jun. 13, 2022
In the grand scheme of things heart 25
You’re not going to Bath??? heart 12
The final shuffle heart 34

Catalonia

Catalonia preview heart 11
Stumbling out the door heart 32
Arrival heart 32
Barcelona: In the Barrio Gótico heart 52
Barcelona: Els 4 Gats heart 26
Barcelona: Day 2 heart 45
The Sagrada Familia heart 47
To Tossa De Mar heart 79
Tossa de Mar, day 2 heart 59
Tossa de Mar, day 2-1/2 heart 74
To Palamós heart 53
A loop through the Baix Emporda heart 73
To Castello d’Empuries heart 65
About those suitcases heart 12
To Cadaqués heart 52
In Cadaqués (a photo gallery) heart 84
A hike in Cadaqués heart 61
To Figueres heart 69
Up the Muga Gorge heart 66
South of Figueres heart 50

Occitanie

Occitanie preview heart 9
To Céret heart 64
Col de Coustouges heart 63
In Céret heart 93
In Céret: Monument du Canal d’Arrosage heart 15
To Perpignan heart 83
In Perpignan: waiting out the tramontane heart 93
To Narbonne heart 55
To Gruissan heart 106
Two loops from Gruissan heart 114
To Béziers heart 45
To Pézenas heart 60
In Pézenas (a photo gallery) heart 45
A loop from Pézenas heart 48
Maison Conti (a restaurant review) heart 21
To Lodève heart 101
The Cirque de Navacelles / a hike from Lodève heart 105
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert heart 93
To Sommières heart 63
In Sommières (a photo gallery) heart 61
To Uzès heart 48
In Uzès heart 88
In Uzès: a hike to the Gardon heart 66
To Lunel heart 54
The Petit-Camargue heart 74

The Rhone Valley

Rhone Valley preview heart 14
To Tarascon heart 79
To Carpentras heart 80
The Nesque Gorge heart 91
To Vaison-La-Romaine heart 72
A hike to Crestet heart 131
In Vaison-la-Romaine (a photo gallery) heart 69
To Montélimar heart 86
In Montélimar heart 48
To Valence heart 60
To Pont-en-Royans heart 61
A loop in the Vercors heart 92
Col de la Madeleine heart 56
To Grenoble heart 76
A loop ride in Grenoble heart 48
To Chambéry heart 81
Chambéry OAB #1 heart 59
Chambéry OAB #2 heart 55
To Annecy heart 72
In Annecy, day 1: along the lake heart 77
In Annecy, day 2: a photo gallery (plus a bonus) heart 70
In Annecy, day 3: Semnoz heart 124
In Annecy, day 4: Col du Marais heart 57
To Yenne heart 64
To Crémieu heart 58
In Crémieu (a photo gallery) heart 34
To Lyon heart 57

Burgundy

Burgundy overview heart 12
To Villefranche-Sur-Saone heart 35
A loop in Beaujolais heart 66
To Mâcon heart 80
In Mâcon: the ride to Cluny heart 62
To Tournus heart 63
In Tournus: to Cluny again heart 81
In Tournus: hike to La Truchere-Ratanelle heart 25
To Chalon-Sur-Saone heart 41
To Beaune heart 100
In Beaune heart 72
To Dijon heart 115
In Dijon: The Val Suzon loop heart 109
In Dijon (a photo gallery) heart 89
To Pouilly-en-Auxois heart 130
To Semur-en-Auxois heart 86
In Semur-en-Auxois: an out and back heart 125
To Avallon heart 140
In Avallon (a photo gallery) heart 41
To Vézelay heart 105
In Vézelay heart 14
To Auxerre heart 119
To Joigny heart 93
To Sens heart 63

To Paris and Beyond

Preview heart 10
To Melun heart 98
To Paris heart 96
One day in Paris heart 148
Another day in Paris heart 80
In Sens (a photo gallery) heart 67
To Senlis heart 96
In Senlis heart 87
London and Paris, 1971: a remeniscence heart 9
To Beauvais heart 53
In Beauvais (a photo gallery) heart 50
To Amiens heart 135
In Amiens: the village snapshot challenge heart 59
In Amiens: a loop along the Noye heart 116
In Amiens, day two heart 48
To Saint-Valery-sur-Somme heart 123
To Le Touquet heart 97
To Wimereux heart 118
To Calais heart 70
Shift left! heart 43