Day 18 to 22   Stage 4 – the final section from Orléans to Dieppe!    Day 18 –  From Orléans to Chartres. 90 km Day 19 – Rest day Day 20 – Chartres to Vernon on the River Seine near Rouen. 102 km Day 21 – Vernon to Forges-les-Eaux. 90 km Day 22 – Forges-les-Eaux […]

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. […]

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 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 […]