by Penny | 22 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Social History, writer's retreat
Monday, August 22nd – Day Six – Blain to Nantes This morning we headed towards another big town, with about 900,000 inhabitants and lots of fast roads! Our overnight stop is in Nantes – the sixth largest city in France and the capital city of the...
by Penny | 22 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Religious History, Wine tasting
Sunday, August 21st – Day Five – Bain de Bretagne to Blain, which was closed! I started the day with a run around the village of Bain de Bretagne. It is not a huge town but set on a hill so there was plenty of variety in the level of effort. As I ran past...
by Penny | 20 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Religious History
Saturday 20th August 2016 – Day Four – not the expected struggle to get out of Rennes and head to Bain Bretagne The day started with sunshine – Hoorah! I guess I had to chose between culture and cleanliness and getting Husband into a second Cathedral...
by Penny | 19 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Medieval History, Religious History, Saints, Social History
Friday 19th August – Day three – Dinan to Rennes Disappointed to hear the sound of raindrops thundering on our roof for most of the night – this is hardly the baking sunshine predicted by my friend Stephen Lusher, although perhaps just as well...
by Penny | 18 Aug, 2016 | Architecture, French Odyssey by Bicycle, Religious Symbolism, WW2
Thursday, August 18th- Day two – Rouen to St Malo by car and bike to Dinan under the black cloud 07.00 Oh dear – In my worst dreams I hadn’t expected this! Having gone to bed in the searing heat after a glorious day it was a nasty surprise to wake to...
by Penny | 5 Aug, 2016 | Apps, French Odyssey by Bicycle
What 3 Words? Good Concept – but we still can’t find our way around our home town! Many thanks to our good friend John Willmore who has spent a great deal of time, effort and money sourcing various accoutrements to enable us to get around France in as...
