An early breakfast at our hotel fortified us for carrying all our baggage downstairs, and for the 1.5km ride to the ferry port. Having ridden the route yesterday it all went very smoothly. Brittany Ferries check in, passport control and security was all straightforward. No body scanners here, we were just asked if carrying anything … More Bye, bye Brittany

Last night we really hit the culinary jackpot in Pontorson. When we booked our accommodation in the town, we were delighted to see lots of restaurants on Google maps, sadly as seems to always be the case, very few were actually open on the day we were in town. In the end we found a … More The last leg !

Today was a day of action in France, where the left wing “ yellow vests” are promising protests, blockades and insurrection. We awoke with trepidation, wondering what action if any Mark the site manager might take. Being sneaky we had our hi- viz jackets ready to blend in and slip through any protests. Probably more … More To Normandy (briefly)

A large pasta meal cooked on our stoves , followed by apricot flan and then a dry night, set us up nicely for today. No rush as we were booked on a train at 1200 from Vannes which was only 8km away. So a gentle ride which took us alongside the fortified city and straight … More Train Adventure

After a rainy night, packing up took a bit longer than expected as we wanted to try and dry things a bit. Eventually we got going, a quick stop at Lidl for a second breakfast of pastries and we were off. It was a pretty uneventful day, hence a shorter blog than usual. Another fairly … More Quiet day

Every day should start with a ferry journey, and so it was today, but not before making the most of our hotel’s buffet breakfast. The ferry journey was only a short hop across the river in Lorient to get us started Eastward. A good omen today, the card reader on the boat was broken, so … More Relaxing Day !

The morning started sitting in the early morning sun with a relaxing pain aux raisin and tea for breakast. Then it was a healthy 40 minute walk to the first sightseeing stop – Block K3 To put us in the mood, I played a little of the “Das Boot” theme tune as we walked. Lorient … More Underwater day

We decided to forget heading West for the moment and keep going South until we hit the sea at Lorient. We’re going to have a rest day there at a hotel, before deciding where to head next. We plan on doing some sightseeing, so more on that tomorrow. Today’s ride was the longest so far, … More Lorient bound

Last night we made the decision to head South today and then tomorrow continue heading West inland. The hope was that the winds would be less brutal. Rain was forecast again so we made an early start. As usual it was very hilly at least up until lunchtime. We made much better progress today, hitting … More Change of Direction (and weather)

Early start this morning as the ferry was docking at 0715. Despite that it was an hour later we rolled into a damp and deserted St Malo. We managed to find one of the few patisseries that was open and I treated myself to a large local pastry “Kouign-amann’ just think stodgy pastry covered in … More Wind & Hills

So it began, with a short ride into London, as is often the case. Miraculously the morning’s heavy rain stopped 10 minutes before I was due to leave, so I had a dry journey up through town. I’d left plenty of time to make my train, I had a fixed ticket which I’d got on … More On my way

With the school holidays drawing to a close this week, it’s time to start packing the panniers and preparing for another trip. Despite the inglorious end to the previous trip, it’s camping again (with maybe some hotels etc thrown in). Over the summer I mulled countless ideas, and typically only started to form a serious … More Gearing up