June 1, 2023
Lyon to Tournus
Today was easy, it was pleasant. Everything went according to plan. Yesterday, after an hour of trying to reserve two spots on the train for our bikes for today, Steven went to the train station to be told that for the short distance we were traveling, we didn’t need reservations for our bikes.
With more than a little trepidation we headed off to the station, well in advance this morning. Depending who we ask at the train station we get different answers to whether we need bike reservations and also whether we have to validate our tickets before getting on the train. Today we did neither and no one in the train even asked to see our tickets. So we still aren’t sure about having tickets validated or needing bicycle reservations.
We boarded at 11:20 and by 12:30 we were in Macon and cycling into the centre of town. It was bigger than we thought it would be, another lovely, preserved town and busy on the restaurant patios. We picked up bread from the bakery and some salad things to go with our hard boiled eggs and coasted down to the riverside to pick up the « Voie Bleue » beside the Soane. By 1pm we had found a bench to break out our lunch. That’s when Ann realized she’d left her water bottle on the train. Darn !
After lunch we cycled along this well laid out Blue Route which is signposted all the way along from Mâcon to Tournus. Virtually the whole of this stage is paved towpath beside the Saône. It was bucolic countryside. White cows in the fields and white swans on the river.
After the hills of Provence and the business of our days in Lyon, the quiet and serenity of this lovely path along the river was just what we needed and we loved every minute of it.
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Today's ride: 41 km (25 miles)
Total: 1,514 km (940 miles)
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