Index to pages
I have organised by weeks using pages rather than posts. You can happily skip the research chapter and even the England Stage.
L' Étape Angleterre
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Introduction
In June 2021 I had embarked on a 630 mile cycle and camping tour from London to North Yorkshire and back on an old bike with a bike trailer attached. That adventure had been a trial run to see if I might enjoy cycling again and from it I learnt that I loved travelling the minor roads and bridleways gaining a new insight into the English countryside. So, as Europe appeared to be slowly emerging out of the restrictions imposed by a pandemic, my dream bike ride was to cycle down to the Mediterranean, hooking back to Spain and back to Portsmouth on the ferry from Bilbao. I should make clear at this point that this plan was born out of very limited research and zero realism. As I started to plan I noticed the ever changing rules for travel in Europe during a pandemic so I decided to change to a France-only trip; a convenient get-out from my earlier ambitions. But what route? What goal? I cover some of that in my grandly titled "Do Your Research" page which, truth be known, was my ...