Category: France – Le Tour de Manche

France: Tour de Manche Stage 11 – Sat 1st August 2015 – Plestin-les-Grèves to Roscoff (55 Km)   As he so often did Nelson Mandela said it best: “It always seems impossible until it...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 10 – Fri 31th July 2015 – Pleumeur-Bodou to Plestin-les-Grèves (55 Km)   This morning I enjoyed petit dejeuner in the Panorama Room overlooking the golf course and the...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 9 – Thu 30th July 2015 – Paimpol to Pleumeur-Bodou (66 Km)   The song I couldn’t get out of my head as I headed off on my 60...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 8 – Wed 29th July 2015 – Saint-Brieuc to Paimpol (59 Km)   For a cyclist there is nothing better than setting off, paniers loaded, under clear blue skies...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 7 – Tue 28th July 2015 – Matignon to Saint-Brieuc (67 Km)   What else can you do but just sing and enjoy! For the first 40 Km of...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 6 – Mon 27th July 2015 – Le-Vivier-sur-Mer to Matignon (71 Km)   Unbelievably I already have completed six of the eleven stages of my fantastic Tour de Manche...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 5 – Sun 26th July 2015 – Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme to Le-Vivier-sur-Mer (60 Km)   It had to happen. First thing I did this morning was to check the hour by...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 4 – Sat 25th July 2015 – Vire to Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme (48 Km)   Having GPS navigation gives you the courage to be more adventurous without fear of getting lost....

France: Tour de Manche Stage 3 – Fri 24th July 2015 – Saint-Lô to Vire (64 Km)   Rain is what greeted me when I awoke this morning, but I could see a couple...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 2 – Thu 23rd July 2015 – La Haye-du-Puits to Saint-Lô (70 Km)   I was looking forward to getting a good night sleep last night so I would...

France: Tour de Manche Stage 1 – Wed 22nd July 2015 – Cherbourg to La Haye-du-Puits (59 Km)   This morning I eagerly commenced my eleven day ride around Normandy and Brittany (known to...

Ferry – Portsmouth (UK) to Cherbourg (France) Tuesday 21 July 2015.   With Brittany Ferries taking your bike across the Channel could not be easier. Simply walk it on-board through the car entrance, lock...

I always get excited when setting off on another cycling adventure, so the light drizzle as I was leaving home this morning did not dampen my spirits. The first leg of my journey was...

Translated to English this means “a rolling stone gathers no moss”. Not wishing to gather any moss, this stone has therefore decided to go rolling again. On Tuesday I will be catching the ferry...