Day Eight & Nine: Rennes to Portsmouth vis Saint Malo | France Fully Loaded Cycle Tour 2019
Hot off the heels of my last Fully Loaded Cycle Tour in South Wales, and with barely a month just gone by, I was on to my next Cycle Tour in Brittany, North West France. As I didn’t have much time to plan & organise this trip I thought I would take a ‘go where the wind takes me‘ attitude as far as the camping bit goes and find sites along the way (I only had my last night’s campsite stay booked in so I didn’t miss my boat going back!) and after some research I found a great book which details the great ‘Green Ways‘ cycle routes around Brittany titled ‘Brittany’s Green Ways‘ published by Red Dog Books (see photo below) – I took the V2 cycle route from St-Malo to Rennes with a impromptu side trip going along the v4 route on the first day to see the abbey at Mont-Saint-Michel. Now I could chat away for ages about this trip, the weather was amazing, the overnight ferry, miles of off road cycle paths, the food… ahh.. it was like a holiday mixed in with cycle touring – just plain brilliant, but without further ado, here are the photos! 🙂
Breakfast (and drying my clothes) at my last day at Camping Gayeulles, Rennes and then I'm of to catch the train from the city back to Saint-Malo where I first started my journey nine days ago!Catching the SNCF train from Rennes central to Saint-Malo, about an hours journey - little tricky getting the bike on the train and I was in the wrong compartment but the nice conductor let me off this once!Thought this sign summed up the basic foods of France!This campsite was the only pre-booked one for the whole trip, Domaine de la Ville Huchet, it was for the night before I catch my ferry back the next day and when I arrived the French holidays were in full swing!My pitch at Domaine de la Ville Huchet, felt they squeezed tent's in wherever they could but no problem and the staff were very nice hereNow that would have been a nice pitch, right outside the Ville Huchet!outside the Ville Huchet! This sign again sums up most of the main places I visited in Brittany!Love these water towers - I wonder if this one was around during WWII?One of the bigger supermarket chains in France, CoraHad a really great meal in this supermarket! I wasn't expecting it to be but was brill - finished off with a crepe & schweppes!I ended up walking my bike the whole length of this field, the ground was way too flakey to ride on - pretty knackering in the heat!The little town of Saint Servan and a picturesque water fountainLove the design of this French cafe!This gorgeous old building in Saint Servan is the town's libraryLa Droguerie de Marine - a large bookstore with a cool balcony......woah! who's that spying on me!The bay of Solidor, Saint ServanCarrefour night shotYour's truly leaving Saint-Malo (and relief after a hectic ride from the campsite to catch the ferry in the morning!), in the background is Bastion St. PhilipHeading out to the open ocean and a very sunny day!Lighthouse seen on the way out from Saint-MaloFull English/continental breakfast!The shopping centre on board the BretagneLife out on the ocean and what a relaxing end to an exciting trip! :D
