We always love a day's ride that starts with a downhill! There is not much to mention for today as we followed the road to Carhaix, stopped to stock up the pantry and then made our way to the Brest-Nantes canal path. Once on the canal path it was a case of admiring the beautiful setting and enjoying the peace and quiet.
Lunch is probably worth a mention - true French fare with baguette, camembert & salami - decadent but wonderfully scrumptious, in fact so good we had that for dinner too.
When it came to calling it a day we had best intentions to camp but unfortunately the campground didn't open for another 5 days, instead we found a B&B in Gouarec. Actually we didn't find it - we went to the Information Centre, who pointed us to the shop across the road, who then knew gave us directions to the B&B - By this stage you might think my french is really coming along but alas they were all English including the B&B owner!
The view from our room.
Tom and Anja chose to find a free place to camp so they rode on and we planned to meet up in the morning somewhere.
At this stage our intention is to head to Nantes via the canal path, a few days ride. It's possible then to pick up a path along the Loire however while the canals are beautiful we noticed today that we aren't passing through the little villages and really 'seeing' France so come Nantes we might get back on the back roads.
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