Touring in the hills and alongside the canals in Southern France on my eBike – can’t be beat. Circling Toulouse: north-west from Albi to Montauban, south and further west to Auch, south again to the Pyrenees at Cierp-Gaud, and finally back north-east into Toulouse.
Category: France
Touring by pedelec eBike in France
#74 The Med and Languedoc
By eBike along the fabulous Costa Brava coastline into France and along the Mediterranean as far as Sète, how good is that! But wait it gets better… inland through the Languedoc vineyards around Béziers and into the mountains; the Rail Trail from Bédarieux to Mazamet alongside the Orb and Jaur Rivers; through Castres and on…
#50 The Channel Coast of Brittany
It was hilly and it was cold but at least it wasn’t raining and the scenery was, well…. very scenic.
#49 Across Brittany
I cycle inland through the lush green hills across Brittany from the south to the north-east; first following the ‘Canal de Nantes à Brest’ then at Gouarec hiving off onto a hilly cycle path that I more-or-less followed all the way to Morlaix and the Channel Coast at Roscoff.
#47 The Middle Loire Valley
I’d finally arrived at the starting point proper of the Loire Valley section of Euro Velo 6 – “the most famous and prestigious cycle tour route in all of France”. I’d been anticipating it for a long tine and was keen to get an early start. But…
#46 The Canal du Rhône au Rhin
I’d had to interrupt my journey and return to Maastricht because of a broken rear pannier rack on my new bike. Four days later I got the call from Velo bike shop that the replacement rack had arrived so I quickly rushed over to Aachen to have it fitted and returned by train to Karlsruhe…