Day 32 – Decize to Bourbon-Lancy (50 kms): The Rain Finally Got Us!

Thursday July 7, 2022, 50 km (31 miles) – Total so far: 1,010 km (628 miles) Today we hit 1009 kms for the trip so far so we celebrated by having an ice cream. Last evening …

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Day 31 – Nevers to Decize (38 kms): A Swan Attacked a Boat.

Wednesday July 6, 2022, 38 km (24 miles) – Total so far: 960 km (597 miles) What a wonderful day it was today. We woke up in Nevers after a great nights sleep. We’d put our …

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Day 30 – Saint Satur to Nevers (57 kms)

Tuesday July 5, 2022, 57 km (35 miles) – Total so far: 922 km (573 miles) We cycled 56 kms today and hardly noticed it. The weather is sunny and warm again and I’ve been wearing …

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Day 29 Lazy day in Saint Satur: We Found a Shop!

Monday July 4, 2022 We woke up this morning nice and cosy is our little chalet. It was cold and chucking it down with rain, so we decided to stay another night. The weather cleared …

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Day 28 – Châtillon-sur-Loire to Saint Satur (40km)

Sunday July 3, 2022, 40 km (25 miles) – Total so far: 865 km (537 miles) We had a lazy morning at our b&b. Breakfast at 8am, then on the road by about 10am. It just …

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Day 27 – Sully-sur-Loire to Chatillon-Sur-Loire (47kms): The Rain Finally Came

Saturday July 2, 2022, 47 km (29 miles) – Total so far: 825 km (513 miles) It was cooler today and so much easier to cycle. We did 50km and could easily have done more, whereas …

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Day 26 – Rest Day in Sully-Sur-Loire

Friday July 1, 2022 We had a lazy morning then visited the chateau in town. The inside of the chateau had been dressed like the olden days and we imagined living there in those times, …

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Day 25 – Orleans to Sully-sur-Loire

Thursday June 30, 2022, 51 km (32 miles) – Total so far: 5,878 km (3,652 miles) It was a very warm day today, not quite hot. The roads were smooth and mostly easy to follow until …

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Day 24 – Muides-sur-Loire to Orleans (41 kms)

Wednesday June 29, 2022, 41 km (25 miles) – Total so far: 5,827 km (3,621 miles) The previous evening we went to bed early (9.30pm) and the band playing next to the campground rocked us to …

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Day 23 – Chaumont-sur-Loire to Muides-sur-Loire (36 kms)

Tuesday June 28, 2022, 36 km (22 miles) – Total so far: 5,786 km (3,595 miles) Just 36 kms again today as there is no other camping for another 43 kms. We had another torrential downpour …

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