Day Three: Pont Benoit to Taden | 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! 🙂
All packed up and ready to leave the campsite in Pont BeniotA beautiful sunny morning start in Pont Beniot!Those two islands popping out in the distance is Saint Malo, where I was the day before when I arrived!This picturesque scene took my mind of the long hill I was riding up!In the distance is the seaside town where I stayed the night, Pont BeniotStopped off in this lovely little town for a 'Jambon-Beurre' - ham & cheese baguetteA smart looking church sits in the baking hot midday heat!Taking a break in the shade whilst enjoying a view of La Rance riverAnother quaint and picture perfect French town with a great monumentA postcard moment if ever I saw one!Information board on the 'Moulin de Beauchet' - next picture!The Moulin de Beauchet is a tide mill that has existed on this site before 1542 and was rebuilt after a fire in 1882Passing through the town of Saint-SuliacCrossing over La Rance river on the Saint-Hubert bridgeThe Chateaubriand Bridge as seen from Saint-Hubert bridgeFrance is very cycle friendly!My arrival in Taden, my base for the next two days as I check out the historic town of Dinan, and this is my perfect little pitch in the relaxing Camping International de la Hallerais!With the fine weather I was able to utilize a great feature of this MSR tent - the inner fly mesh window for sleeping with a view of stars at night!Tent view with the outer fly peeled back - I left it like this overnight so I could watch the stars!
