Brittany - Loire Valley - Burgundy - CycleBlaze

Brittany - Loire Valley - Burgundy

Starting at the end of the world

By Suzanne Gibson
1,497 km (930 miles) over 39 days between Jun. 2, 2010 and Jul. 10, 2010
Beginning at the End: Early start and late arrival heart 3
Our route in Bretagne heart 1
Morlaix - Sizun: Taking it for granite heart 9
Sizun - Pont de Buis: Hot, hilly and short heart 7
Pont de Buis - Douarnenez: We reach the coast and stay a day heart 11
Douarnenez - Audierne: And then comes the rain heart 6
Audierne - Pont l'Abbe: We promise to stop at the first drop heart 3
Pont l'Abbe - Tregunc: On a round-about route heart 5
Tregunc - Lorient: More rain and an R&R day (Rain and Recuperation) heart 4
Lorient - Auray: Standing stones heart 5
Auray - Surzur: My tent is my castle, or at least near a castle heart 13
Auray - Piriac: Scenic route and another R&R Day heart 14
Piriac - St. Marc: Salt pans and pill boxes heart 8
St. Marc - Paimboeuf: The bridge across the Loire heart 3
Paimboeuf - Nantes: Another Loire crossing heart 7
Nantes - Ancenis: No time for Nantes heart 6
Ancenis - La Possonniere: Fete du velo heart 5
La Possonniere - Angers: Watch where you step heart 4
Angers - Saumur: Chain gang heart 13
Saumur - Chinon: The high road and the low road heart 7
Chinon - Savonniere: Here a castle, there a castle heart 14
Savonniere - Amboise: A bungled rendez-vous heart 8
Amboise - Blois: Stairs and steep alleys heart 7
Blois - Beaugency: Too hot heart 9
Beaugency - Checy: Small roads and a sandy path to Orleans heart 10
Checy - Cheateauneuf-s-Loire: Friends heart 3
Chateauneuf-s-Loire - Gien: Many happy returns heart 7
Gien - Cosne-s-Loire: I could have danced all night heart 11
Cosne - La Charite: Two to one for the Netherlands heart 4
La Charite - Chevenon: Storm warning heart 6
Chevenon - Bourbon-Lancy: Motorcycles be blessed heart 5
Bourbon-Lancy - Paray-le-Monial: How much further? heart 10
Paray-le-Monial - Montceau-les-Mines: A mining town heart 5
Montceau-les-Mines - Chagny: Lots of locks heart 5
Chagny - Seurre: Affaissement? heart 6
Seurre - St. Jean de Losne - Dijon: The final straw heart 2