Brittany - Loire Valley - Burgundy 2010 - CycleBlaze

Brittany - Loire Valley - Burgundy 2010

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