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Day Four: Rouen to Bourg-Achard | Northern France Fully Loaded Cycle Tour 2022

Photos from my nine day Fully Loaded Cycle Tour in September 2022 along the Seine River, Normandy and my second cycle touring trip in France. On this journey I took a mixture of train, boat & cycling and stayed in budget hotels, apartments & campsites and the weather was full of surprises as you will see! each photo has a annotation under it so you can follow along with  the journey.

Also on this trip I took a variety of cameras including a 360 camera & a action camera and have made a full length video to accompany these photos! you can check that out here on my YouTube channel (and I have embedded it on the end of each album), as ever, enjoy the photos!

Leaving my hotel in Rouen, jam tarts for breakfast! on a side note this hotel chain, Brit Hotel, is brilliant for cycle tourists as the one I used here and the one in Le Havre I was able to store my bike safely inside there offices over night - excellent!
Leaving my hotel in Rouen, jam tarts for breakfast! on a side note this hotel chain, Brit Hotel, is brilliant for cycle tourists as the one I used here and the one in Le Havre I was able to store my bike safely inside there offices over night - excellent!
I've seen one of these digital cyclists counting signs before in Rennes, from what I can gather they measure the amount of cyclists who pass the sign when there
I've seen one of these digital cyclists counting signs before in Rennes, from what I can gather they measure the amount of cyclists who pass the sign when there
A view of the Seine from Rouen, the Pont Gustave-Flaubert bridge in the far distance
A view of the Seine from Rouen, the Pont Gustave-Flaubert bridge in the far distance
Nice bit of street art I spotted whilst making my way out of Rouen
Nice bit of street art I spotted whilst making my way out of Rouen
This house looks like something out of a Japanese anime! amazing roof design!
This house looks like something out of a Japanese anime! amazing roof design!
This cycle path travels along the shipyards next to the Seine and is fascinating to watch as you cycle by!
This cycle path travels along the shipyards next to the Seine and is fascinating to watch as you cycle by!
The MV Balmoral cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and was built in 1988, weighs 43 tons and can carry 1,325 passengers!
The MV Balmoral cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and was built in 1988, weighs 43 tons and can carry 1,325 passengers!
The 'Oraluna' a Oil/Chemical Tanker built in China
The 'Oraluna' a Oil/Chemical Tanker built in China
The Pastacorp/Lustucru crop grower building, Rouen
The Pastacorp/Lustucru crop grower building, Rouen
Cycling through Croisset
Cycling through Croisset
16 Pl. du Général de Gaulle, Croisset
16 Pl. du Général de Gaulle, Croisset
Another picturesque building that can be seen along the cycle route to Bourg-Achard
Another picturesque building that can be seen along the cycle route to Bourg-Achard
This garden pavilion (c.1844) of the is the only part that remains of the family Flaubert property lived in by the French novelist Gustave Flaubert for 35 years
This garden pavilion (c.1844) of the is the only part that remains of the family Flaubert property lived in by the French novelist Gustave Flaubert for 35 years
A great overhead shot of the route I cycled along with the Flaubert Pavilion and the Seine
A great overhead shot of the route I cycled along with the Flaubert Pavilion and the Seine
Information plaque about the Flaubert family house
Information plaque about the Flaubert family house
Information plaque about the Flaubert family house
Information plaque about the Flaubert family house
The Flaubert Pavilion (the only remaining part of the Flaubert family house still standing today) as photographed in 1904
The Flaubert Pavilion (the only remaining part of the Flaubert family house still standing today) as photographed in 1904
This unusually designed building I spotted along this part of the Seine is for Waste-Management Services
This unusually designed building I spotted along this part of the Seine is for Waste-Management Services
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
Cycling through the forestry and light industrial areas of the Val-de-la-Haye commune along the Seine
A huge piece of artwork along the corrugated fence of this industrial building in Val-de-la-Haye
A huge piece of artwork along the corrugated fence of this industrial building in Val-de-la-Haye
Taking my bicycle on the free ferry crossing between Val-de-la-Haye to Petit-Couronne
Taking my bicycle on the free ferry crossing between Val-de-la-Haye to Petit-Couronne
As I depart the ferry at Petit-Couronne I watch it sail back to Val-de-la-Haye
As I depart the ferry at Petit-Couronne I watch it sail back to Val-de-la-Haye
I take a pause to take in the industrial area of Petit-Couronne
I take a pause to take in the industrial area of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Oil refineries, light industry and forestry areas of Petit-Couronne
Taking a break before a big hill climb in Moulineaux
Taking a break before a big hill climb in Moulineaux
This little character points out that there's a street crossing
This little character points out that there's a street crossing
The end of the big hill climb in Moulineaux (and if you've watched the video I made you will also see this is the spot I bumped into a strange creature up in the hills!)
The end of the big hill climb in Moulineaux (and if you've watched the video I made you will also see this is the spot I bumped into a strange creature up in the hills!)
A pizza vending machine I found near where I was camping for the night - unfortunately I ended up with a cold pizza as I couldn't figure out the options that were in French, was still nice though!
A pizza vending machine I found near where I was camping for the night - unfortunately I ended up with a cold pizza as I couldn't figure out the options that were in French, was still nice though!
Monument to the dead from the battles of Château-Robert and Moulineaux bred in Maison-Brûlée
Monument to the dead from the battles of Château-Robert and Moulineaux bred in Maison-Brûlée
Arrival at my campsite in Bourg-Achard 'Camping le Clos Normand'
Arrival at my campsite in Bourg-Achard 'Camping le Clos Normand'
The end of a long day and a fast tent set-up and shower just before the rain set in
The end of a long day and a fast tent set-up and shower just before the rain set in