Day Five: Taden to Tinteniac | 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! 🙂
My second nights stay at Camping International de la Hallerais, Taden, and it was time to say goodbye and move onto my next destination Tinteniac about 20 miles from hereGare de Dinan, the one line train station of Dinan was designed by Georges-Robert Lefort in 1931 and also holds a Railway Museum inside itOne of my favourite railway buildings this! the top of the turret like structure reminds me of some kind of 70's hat!Panorama of the Gare de Dinan, Georges-Robert Lefort c.1931The gorgeous clock tower at Gare de DinanA X 73500 railcar sits silently in the Gare de DinanInside the station hall are two wonderful mosaics that have been registered as historic monuments, this one is a map of the town of DinanAnd this one is a map of the railways in the regionCycling out of Dinan and through the quiet streets of a village in LehonSmall village bridge at Lehon, the Rance river flows under itSome of the beautiful buildings of this village in LehonWhen Garmin maps go wrong! the path to the left side of this photo leads to a stinging nettle ravine (that was meant to be a clear path!) or a field of cows protected by an electric fence. Luckily I made a new friend to help me out through this mess!This farmer's dog was amazingly cool!So I had no choice but to duck under two electric fences and walk through a small field of cows with all my gear & bike. See that white rag? thats the electric wire fence - and yes I got electrified once and it bloody hurt! ;)fences and walk through a small field of cows with all my gear & bike. See that white rag? thats the electric wire fence - and yes I got electrified once and it bloody hurt! ;) Lush scenery along my cycle path to TinteniacFully loaded cycle touring - you can't beat it! :DInformation sign that tells me I'm in QuebriacThe church of Quebriac is one of less than a hundred buildings in the whole of Europe to boast a twisted spireOne more shot of that twisted spire - cool!
