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Can't even get 7 miles agreed in Sussex cause of local politics and no will
Hmmm, that sounds like a possible reference to the proposed Ouse Valley route from Lewes to Newhaven. The great thing about Newhaven is it leads to Dieppe, formerly my favourite French Channel port until I discovered Roscoff a week or so ago 🙂
Great to be able to ride the whole of Brittany on a traffic-free route
Did you use one of the Verte Voies? We checked a couple of sections out on our recent trip, but TBH, preferred the more scenic backroads that had more architecture and coffee stop possibilities
Birdage, I was reading in the local rag that route continues all the way to Hendaye on voies verts (might not be finished yet, only scanned the article as I was reading it in the shop). It's all traffic free to Bordeaux?
And if you think the touring in the north is good, try the mountain biking in the more lumpy bits...!
also redressing the balance
half french francophile here. Nearly got taken out by a clio full of screming yoofs on hols near Biarritz, kind of pretended to run me off the road
I'm a big b*gger though - scared the merde out of them when I caught them in traffic
but yes overall its deffo nicer there for cycling
(I won't tell them our secret eh charlie.......)
I've been cut up and almost sideswiped a few times riding in France. The vehicles all had GB stickers on the back.
Twunts keeping the whole valley awake? Germans and Brits. Only the Germans shut up when asked mind.
and the cheese! the wine! the bread! If only ...
France is ace? Oh yes indeedy. I toured from Montpellier to Caen earlier this year over 2 weeks. Got cut up about twice the whole time (both French cars), everyone else absolutely fine - trucks, buses included.
I'm planning for next years trip at the moment...
The south east is just horrible. Yes we have the best weather, the best riding, but we do pay a lot for that wether it's in money, in the number of ****ers per square meter on the fact that we have the shitiest road and the highest rate of antisocial behaviour in France.
Ah, the Cote d'Azur. Paris on the Med. 😉
I live in France and whilst I do think it's "ace" I also think the general standard driving here is dreadful compared to the UK. Now I didn't do much road biking in the UK so perhaps they maybe a bit more "bike aware" than than the Brits, but for roughly the same number of cars on the road they have double the number of annual road deaths - says it all really.