Our hotel, like most French hotels, provided a light
breakfast the next morning. It had
rained during the night, but had stopped by the time we got ready to start off
on our bikes. There was a well-marked
combination bike route and lightly used road along the cost, the “Velodyssée”
so we were able to ride reasonably securely.
While French drivers are very respectful of bikers, it is still much
more comfortable if one has at least a bike lane where one is relatively safe
from cars and trucks.
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| About to Leave our Hotel - St Brevin-Les- Pins |
We rode mostly near the coast and saw a number of interesting fishing platforms where the fisherman can simply dip his net while the tide is in.
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| Fishing Platforms |
We stopped in the seaside
town of Pornic for lunch at a restaurant called “Le Skipper” ?! [English words continue to creep in and
‘pollute’ the French language!] Typical
touristy place; our ‘serveur’ was from the French Caribbean island of
Martinique.
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Le Skipper - Pornic [with blue sky - web picture]
David and Gérard Below - Dessert and Coffee
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The weather remained threatening - foggy, windy and cool with
a few sun breaks, but riding was relatively easy and the view of the ocean was
good. We stopped for the night in Bouin
at a B’n’B with modern rooms.
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| View of Bouin From the Landing Outside our Rooms |
We went
for dinner down the street to a nice restaurant - Le Martinet - attached to a hotel and had an
excellent 3-course meal for under 20 euros. To that was added wine or beer and
coffee. Still an excellent value.
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| Le Martinet Dining Room - From the Web |
We did about 85km for the day.
We awoke the next morning to a steady rain and I was afraid
we were going to get wet, but by the time we breakfasted at the B’n’B, the rain
had stopped and the road was drying a bit.
We got our bikes out and headed down towards the shore to find the path
again.
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| Breakfast at the B'n'B in Bouin - Gérard, Roger, Tom |
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