Day Seven - Morlaix

After a bit of hectic traffic in Morlaix I joined a greenway disused railway route for around 60km then moved onto the towpath of the Brest-Nantes Canal for the last 20km. You couldn't ask for a more traffic free ride.

The negatives were that there were still 700m of climbing, though all gradual, and in some places there was slippy mud - which almost pulled me off the bike a few times.

Day Six

I headed out of Roscoff after a Moules n Frite lunch. I had to do the identical 30km I had covered to get here which was not ideal but necessary for completeness. Shame it was very hilly too!

I am now doing Eurovelo 1 of which the French section is called Vélodyssée . This is 1300km and will take me to the Spanish border. After one big climb (22km all uphhill!) the rest of the way to Spain promises to be a pretty flat compared to what I have had to put up with this week. It will be like a holiday.

Day Five - Terenez

I made a miscalculation. I booked in at a campsite some 50km's away, as the crow flies, but it took 75km to get here.

It was also the hilliest day so far and with several severe climbs.

And I had to get here before 5pm. Ouch.

However, I did manage it and so enjoyed many hours of downtime.

I have just 40km to Roscoff which will end this part of the tour. I then turn south-wards to Spain.

Enter Day Four - Minihy-Tréguier title

I am on a mosquito muder mission so this will be short. I managed to get two of them in quick sucession but the third ninja is elusive.

Incredibly the route gets hillier. In a couple of days I turn inland and hope to find that the interior of north-west france is entirely flat, dry and windless.

Day Three - Ferme Syet

I have been working hard at my camping skills and have perfected the timing on when to take the tent down. Yes, every time it starts to rain. Simples.

Today I didn't manage to ''hang out my drying', as I do everyday, as it was peppered with showers. Often only a few long but you can never tell if it is a short bursts or if it is staying for an hour. During a big one I stopped in the parking garage of a house under construction to avoid the storm and have my lunch.

So, tonight, I erect a wet tent. One success is that it only started raining AFTER I put it up. Makes a change.

You may have noticed that I refer to the rain a lot.