Day Two: Saint Malo to Mont Saint-Michel | 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! 🙂
Huge fish mural I spotted on a building in St Malo's dockFruit & veg vending machine oulet - these are sadly replacing the 'honestly' box because of the lack offProduce from local farmers awaits in vending machine boxes to be purchased for a fair priceLovely turret style French houseI didn't plan on going to Mont Saint Michel originally because it appeared to far in the opposite direction from where I was heading but that's the beauty of having no fixed plan!Passing through the quaint town of CherrueixThe Moulin de la Saline, CherrueixThe Moulin de la Saline is a windmill that has been listed as a historic monument since 1977 - if you can read French then your in luck here!A very smart looking costal house I spotted along the route to Mont Saint-MichelThe goal the distance! Mont Saint-Michel!I saw just the right amount of cyclist's on my travels - not too many, not too few and all of them friendly!Classic French house seen along the Manche Ille-Et-VilaineIt's within grabbing distance! cycling along the Couesnon towards Mont Saint-MichelYours truly posing in front of Mont Saint-Michel on the Barrage du Mont Saint MichelAhh the goal - Mont Saint-Michel! made it! this is the view from the long entry bridge, Pont Passerelle, that makes the island Commune & Abbey accessible in high tideClose up of the beautiful gothic architecture of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey that was completed in 1523The Mont Saint-Michel Commune & Abbey as seen from the seabed with the tide outThis is inside the commune of Mont Saint-Michel - a photo I got before I was told to leave because bikes were not allowed in thereIt was quite along ride from Saint Malo to Mont Saint Michel, about 30 miles, and very hot, I take a pause on the journey back to reflect on the beautiful surroundingsOld barn spotted in the spacious fields of Ille-Et-Vlaine MancheChapelle sainte Anne, Ste AnneAfter a very long day I decided to plot up for the night at a Camping Municipal called 'Des Ondes' in Pont Beniot
