Day 14 to 17 – Stage 3 completed! This is the final section before I leave the Loire valley Day 14 – 2nd June, takes me from Bourbon-Lancy to Nevers. 82 km Day 15 – Rest day Day 16 – 4th June, is from Nevers to Sancerre. 78km Day 17 – 5th June, is to […]
Day 12 and 13: 31st May and 1st June 2025 Today, the 31st of May, I continue on the road above the Gorge Loire at first, then dow, away from Gorges de Loire to a much flatter landscape. Howeve, the ascent was still 677m. I covered 92km to my evening stopover. The towns in this […]
Stage 3 Begins! From the source of the River Loire to Orléans – about 500 km (over 300 miles) Day 10 and 11: 29th and 30th of May. We leave the source of the River Loire and Mont-Jean-de-Guerbière behind head down, bar a few significant hills!! – 937m (over 3000ft) of ascent to le Puy-en-Velay. […]
27th and 28th May 2025 This section, completed over 2 days (Day 8 and 9), sees us finish Stage 2 of our journey to the source of the Loire. We now crossover into the Ardèche hills from the Rhône Valley. The hills are like mountains when you are cycling uphill! The first day from Valence […]
Today, 26th May we start Stage 2 of our south to north 900+ mile journey through France. Day 7 saw us start out from Grenoble and travel along the cycle path south alongside the River Isère. A superbly well marked cycle path with many good views of the river and steep hills beyond. For most […]
Day 6 (25th May) of our fundraising cycle ride This completes Stage 1 of our 5 stage cycle journey through France. Last night, we stayed at the Hotel de la Poste in Corps. A wonderfully traditional old hotel. The doors to the rooms even had original paintings on them of graceful scenes from the 18th […]
Day 4, 23rd May: Digne-les-Bains to Gap Our journey today was by far the biggest challenge I’ve ever had on a cycle trip. 100 km journey and an ascent of nearly 1,300m, about 4,300 ft. Although tough, we continued our journey in stunning scenery. We were travelling in the river Durance valley. Luckily there were […]
Day 3 Castellane to Digne-les-Bains: Our ride today continues in the Provence-Alpes-Côte region. I was reluctant to leave Castellane (724 m), which is in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Department. It is a cosy ancient small city set around a central square with its warm sand coloured buildings and light green and blue window shutters. The main feature […]
Day 2 update Today, 21st May, we left the mountain town of Grasse. What a difference a day makes! Bright sunshine and light winds! This morning we discovered how beautiful Grasse is. We breakfasted in the town square, overlooking the countryside hills and sea to the south. Grasse is the perfume capital of the area. […]
Day 1 of our cycle ride: We left Paris on the on the night train and arrived in Nice on the south coast of France at 9am the next morning, the 20th May 2025. Unfortunately, the weather had turned a stormy and on the way along the Avenue des Anglais seafront. We had to shelter […]
