Saint Georges de Montaigu

Bonjour. Day 3. Nous sommes ici a Saint Georges, avec Daniel et Claudine. Nous avons bien mangé de la mojette et on a goûté à l'hospitalité de la Vendée. On espère pouvoir faire goûter à l'hospitalité anglaise après avoir été accueillis de telle manière.

Day 1

Greetings from Rennes, end of day 1. We left this morning from Le Mont-Saint-Michel with our support vehicle (my Mum and Dad) providing us with best wishes and a couple of photos against the astounding backdrop of The Mont (which was unfortunately shrouded in haar, ha bloody haar) so it looks like we could have started anywhere!

After 25km we got seriously lost (but at least no punctures this time) in the wilds of rural Brittany, on a Monday (not much happens in France on a Monday) probably losing 20km and an hour and a half in a very hot, nervy "why are we here again?", kind of style.

Got it back together and finally arrived in Rennes (big place, hope to see a bit of it tomorrow) after 95km at 6pm, just able to walk to a chinese restaurant (seemed nearest and familiar) and crawl back here to the youth hostel where we're staying ($18 per person per night - youth ain't what it was).

Next stop Blain tomorrow, even further than today but on track for our third stop at Montague.

Would add more but this French keyboard is doing my head in..

Thanks to everyone for your support.

Back soon,

Love Dave (and Simon)