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France End to End

St Malo to Nice 1065 miles

In September 2015 I cycled France’s ‘End to End’, from St Malo to Nice: the route suggested in the 2014 guidebook France en vélo, by Hannah Reynolds and John Walsh.

It’s a journey of ‘subtle and striking changes in terrain and landscape’. Indeed; the experience is quintessentially French. Especially the bit about striking.

How to do an End-to-End on a hexagon? LIke this

The total End to End distance was 1065 miles, and took around three weeks to ride at my usual leisurely pace. I was camping and – after forgetting half of my tent during one hasty morning pack – staying in inexpensive hotels.

Nice work if you can get it: A seafront finish to the trip

It was the first trip for my custom-built tourer from Spa Cycles of Harrogate.

Day 0: Ferry from Portsmouth
Day 1: St Malo to Pontorson
Day 2: Pontorson to Vitré
Day 3: Vitré to Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Day 4: Chalonnes-sur-Loire to Montsoreau
Day 5: Montsoreau to Parthenay
Day 6: Parthenay to L’Isle-Jourdain
Day 7: L’Isle-Jourdain to Rochechouart
Day 8: Rochechouart to Périgueux
Day 9: Périgueux to Sarlat
Day 10: Sarlat to Gramat
Day 11: Gramat to Entraygues-sur-Truyère
Day 12: Entraygues-sur-Truyère to Mende
Day 13: Mende to Villefort
Day 14: Villefort to St Martin d’Ardèche
Day 15: St Martin d’Ardèche to Le Pontet
Day 16: Le Pontet to Sault
Day 17: Mont Ventoux
Day 18: Sault to Forcalquier
Day 19: Forcalquier to Les Salles-sur-Verdon
Day 20: Les Salles-du-Verdon to Castellane
Day 21: Castellane to Nice




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