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Stage 4 – Saumur to Limoges After having seen in 2014 Le Grand Depart in Yorkshire 🚴♂️ I was now fortunate to be staying near this years route passing through Le Dorat enroute to Limoges from Saumur. The most enjoyable part was the procession train before the race game through. And after all that,…
I’d been made aware of an operation by the British Special Air Service SAS during WW2 while staying with friends in the tiny hamlet of La Garde. This was a behind-the-enemy-lines-operation to disrupt the German (Nazi) movements of troops and heavy armour en-route to the channel coast to bolster the defenses for the Normandy…
Setting off from Châtelus-Malvaleix after a lovely morning swim in the lake. And it was warm 🏊♂️ amazing 🙂 Now heading towards a friends house in an exceedingly small hamlet of La Garde. Not so long into the days ride I pass my 3,000 km’s mark for this journey. What seems the norm, more municipal-camp-grounds…
After a nice rest and plenty of good food 🥘 we hit the EuroVelo heading back south’ish. With the intention of eventually heading east and towards the coast. UK bound! After calling into a quiet campsite at the end of the day, which was very quiet, due to it been closed! We then zeroed…
Leaving Dompierre-sur-Besbre municiple campsite on a sunny day is a pleasant way to set off from anywhere! I hit the canal 🏞 towards Digoin. Before turning off towards Decize. Joining a purple route running adjacent to the EuroVelo 6 At a small-canal-boat 🛥 park I find myself chatting to another Brit, Martin. Who’s parked up in…
I head out of Bugeat following what I thought to be the correct signs. Fortunately, I realise my mistake soon enough as the signs would’ve transported me on a 5km ↪ loop back to Bugeat! The weather is damp but no real attempt at proper rain 🌂 Ambusson has, as with many small French towns…