Route: Châteauneuf-Sur-Loire – Orléans – Loches – Le Blanc – Chauvigny – Châteauneuf-Sur-Charente – Bordeaux
Earlier this autumn I cycled from Belgium to Spain. This is part two of that trip.
That next morning, leaving the Orléan forest, I rode into Châteauneuf-Sur-Loire, at the border of the mother of all rivers in France. At home, I planned to just cross the Loire river here, and ride through the forests south of it towards the castle of Chambord. But, once standing at the borders, I thought ‘ Ah, why not, everybody seems to want to ride along the Loire, so now I’m here, why not give it a try, maybe it ‘s worth it’. So along the river I went.
Big mistake !
The ‘cycle path along the Loire’ seems to be well off the river almost all the time. I ride between fields with just weeds, or huge works for a new bridge and Continue reading “France: Loire & Charente rivers to Bordeaux.”
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