Navigation 2 – Whizzing Down some Voies Vertes
In which Doris thinks about the French Voie Vertes system.
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Category: Cycling
It’s all going south, though up, to Chateau Chinon (ville).
In which Sid and Doris leave the Loire and visit a memorial to the French forces in fighting in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria from 1952 to 1962.
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Nature Notes
Because where’s the point in cycling through countryside if you don’t look at its permanent inhabitants.
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Nevers Cathedral
In which… yes, more cathedrals from Doris.
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It’s all going South to Nevers
In which Sid and Doris see at Bannay a church resulting from the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion as well as Nevers Cathedral, not quite repaired these 80 years.
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It’s all going south to Belleville sur Loire
In which Sid and Doris see their first (close-up) Loire chateau and cross the river on the justly famous Pont Canal de Briare to stop at a workers’ Logis at Belleville.
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Living the Life Electric
As Sid pedals energetically up the hills, Doris glides serenely upwards, assisted by a discreetly-humming electric bike. Which gives more time for thinking…
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It’s all going south, with a stay in Orleans
In which Sid and Doris ride to Orleans the town of La Pucelle, The Maid of Orleans, and stay in the splendid Hotel Abeille.
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Orleans Cathedral
In which Doris continues to indulge her new-found interest in cathedrals.
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Chartres Cathedral
In which Doris indulges her new-found interest in cathedrals.
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