I've done the Atlantic to the Med a couple of times now (I live in the Béarn, near to Pau) and started at St Jean de Luz and ended in Narbonne. Avoiding any hills or substantial climbs. I recommend it! If you are interested I can dig out a route that we followed?
This is a little blog I did for one of the trips...http://thewheezinggeezers.blogspot.com/
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- 20 Oct 2023, 3:07pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Atlantic to Med tour.
- Replies: 20
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- 17 Apr 2023, 2:15pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: French cycling routes - Moulin, Roanne, St Etienne, Tournon, Crest
- Replies: 6
- Views: 529
Re: French cycling routes - Moulin, Roanne, St Etienne, Tournon, Crest
I've taken the train many times and never had to book my bike in. Most of the time you'll be lucky as long as you don't travel at obviously busy times.
- 15 Apr 2023, 3:56pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: What regions in France are actually warm in June?
- Replies: 18
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Re: What regions in France are actually warm in June?
I'm biased, obviously, but here in the SW is perfect for cycling. If you want cooler evenings, or days there's the Pyrénées and there's the Basque coast. If you want flat there's Les Landes. We don't get much wind either, not like towards the Med.
- 10 Mar 2023, 8:01am
- Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
- Topic: French municipal sites map
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3129
French municipal sites map
I just saw this on a post on FB...https://velotouring.fun/municipal-campsites-france
- 26 Nov 2022, 7:24pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Which bike to take on a cycle tour in France ... to then take part in club cycling jaunt
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3848
Re: Which bike to take on a cycle tour in France ... to then take part in club cycling jaunt
Surely if you’re not keen on camping and don’t want to carry loads of stuff anyway, you’d be better off risking the dodgy French cuisine?
- 26 Nov 2022, 8:50am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Which bike to take on a cycle tour in France ... to then take part in club cycling jaunt
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3848
- 11 Nov 2022, 7:51am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Route planning app for finding shortest routes uk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1704
Re: Route planning app for finding shortest routes uk
Thanks, that's great, I'll try that
- 10 Nov 2022, 4:01pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Route planning app for finding shortest routes uk
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1704
Re: Route planning app for finding shortest routes uk
Will cycle.travel show me the length of each stage? What I mean is, if I 'add' a point, how do I know how far that is from the start for example?
- 25 Oct 2022, 9:06am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Looking for Advice: First Camping Tour
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4057
Re: Looking for Advice: First Camping Tour
Yawn...Thehairs1970 wrote: ↑22 Sep 2022, 8:13pm
Oh and nearly everyone speaks English unlike the french who refuse to.
- 17 Oct 2022, 2:12pm
- Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
- Topic: Icons
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3876
Icons
Interesting icons on my computer when I opened the site today...
- 12 Oct 2022, 9:43am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: The French Collection
- Replies: 6
- Views: 851
Re: The French Collection
Really, just remember to cycle on the right and don't do anything stupidDid you find anything on the road rules of France as it applies to cycling?
- 9 Jul 2022, 9:35am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: France (Has Gone So Expensive)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3434
Re: France (Has Gone So Expensive)
In our village a 'Menu' (ie starter, main course and dessert with wine included) is 15€. the 'plat du jour' (just main course) is 8€, and combinations thereof.
- 15 May 2022, 9:53am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: D-Roads in France - yay or nay?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2712
Re: D-Roads in France - yay or nay?
There will only be undulating roads if you're in an undulating part of France, surely? You won't get much undulation in Les Landes for example.
- 30 Mar 2020, 10:01am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Free beer?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1144
Re: Free beer?
PH wrote:I think it's twenty liters of water to make one of beer (I could be wrong, but it's a lot) so it's well watered down even before it goes for treatment.
Nope. Nothing like it.
- 15 Jul 2019, 4:21pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Old french trike - seized caps on the hubs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1015
Re: Old french trike - seized caps on the hubs
Oh well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.