route from roscoff or st malo to bordeaux

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bikerchick0 05 Feb 21:58  

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I am planning to cycle from either Roscoff or St Malo to Fumel following the coast to Bordeaux then cutting accross country to Fumel. Has anyone done some of the route. Any advice or routes would be very helpful.

jaseb70 05 Feb 22:35  

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how many of you will be doing this route in france then???



bikerchick0 06 Feb 05:50  

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Just me and my trusty stead, surly long haul trucker!


skiad1 06 Feb 22:26  

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My Profile 		did dinan to lourdes that way. only real mare was st.nazaire where, unsure of direction(crap map...my fault) and/or whether it's possible to cross at the bridge. Ended up on a loooong detour to ferry further upstream. La Rochelle-Royan was a bit of a gitter too. La Rochelle-Rochefort was/almost had to be due to lack of options via the coast road/cycle path(some of it poorly surfaced but doable). Should've stuck to the 'main' road south to royan thereafter but came off as it was a busy old dual carriageway(perfectly legal riding though and, with hindsight, would've stuck it out). Still, the scenic route off the main road, through several small villages, was magic riding on a beautiful day, and I still made ok time to my destination that day. All in all, a really cracking ride with the pros wayyyy outnumbering these wee cons.

enjoy :)


cook0505 12 May 22:32  

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Hi, I Live in France, and I am hoping to do a route from Bordeaux to Roscoff. Fairly new to road biking, but would appreciate any advice to routes etc. or indeed anyone to join me. I will be doing so for a charity important to me.