Neil: 1st September- Day 1 and 2:
Unfinished business. Back in maybe 2013 weeks cycled from Ploudalmezeau to Saumur on the Loire a Velo . As I remember it was April and the weather was mixed as they say !
We always said one day we would finish it off ….
Day 1 was easy enough to a little campsite 4 miles north of Newhaven a grass only pitch with views over to the sea.
Day 2 should have been an easy crossing and a good drive down to Nevers where we had booked a pitch for the night . The ferry crossing was certainly easy enough and we met two friends as well on the boat Andy and Chris .
Google let us astray and gave us the option of the A86 to save 7 minutes through south west Paris . What’s not to like about that. I saw the odd sign about a height restriction but hey this is a motorway.
NO ITS REAL. As we approach a tunnel it says in broad daylight’ 2metres restricted. We are 1.95 …but the bikes stick out above ! We clatter through the minor tassels and Ceri shouts STOP STOP
We do in the rain with cars whizzing by , nothing for it but to take the bikes off and squeeze them into the car !
Some squeeze it was too , but hey we saved 7 minutes but lost maybe 30 !
Getting to Nevers the start of the Velo was uneventful after that !
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