The Loire Valley and especially Blois
Our second day in Belgium was a little less successful. We cycled from Namur along the Meuse in the other direction to Huy and on to Jehay Castle. The route was less scenic with many industrial sites and we were caught in three downpours but our rain gear – capes, pants, overshoes and gloves – …
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This is day one of our summer cycling holiday culminating in Denmark via Belgium and Germany. We are staying in Namur and cycled today to Dinant which is 25 km south along the Meuse and the birthplace of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone in the 1840s. There are brightly colored saxophones on the bridge …
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I love the tradition of growing roses at the end of the rows of vines. I photographed these on a rather hot bike ride to Cheverny and back on Sunday. J’adore la tradition de faire pousser des roses au bout des rangs de vignes. J’ai pris cette photo au cours d’une promenade à Cheverny en vélo …
This is a canal bridge built by Gustave Eiffel over the Loire River in Briare that is used for pleasure boats today. We cycled across it 4 times on Sunday! The second photo was taken at one end. Il s’agit d’un pont canal construit par Gustave Eiffel sur la Loire à Briare, quelques kilomètres de …
This surprising colour scheme is in a village called Bonné on the cycle route between Saint- Benoît-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire. Cette combinaison de couleurs surprenante est dans le village de Bonné sur l’itinéraire à vélo entre Saint- Benoît-sur-Loire et Sully-sur-Loire.
There we were happily cycling along when I looked to the right and saw this château on the right we’d never seen before. To take the photo we had to go down a gravel road marked Private. We took it anyway but in my haste I skidded on the gravel as I stopped but didn’t …
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We are continuing to have the most extraordinary weather so went cycling again today. Le temps extraordinaire continue alors nous avons pu faire du vélo aujourd’hui.
Today we hired bikes and went for a ride along the seafront but the bikes weren’t wonderful and the bike path didn’t start until the lighthouse built in the 16th century, one of the oldest in Europe. We had lunch at the main port north of Matosinhos where there are lots of little restaurants with …
Another sunny day but this time we had a picnic lunch instead of dinner because the days are getting too short to cycle in the evening. Encore une belle journée ensoleillée mais nous avons troqué le dîner contre le déjeuner car les jours raccourcissent trop pour faire du vélo le soir.