Today we would not take the velodysee cycle route but the roads to Royan. How difficult or dangerous could it be? Apparently very difficult and dangerous! Firstly we arrived with other cyclists at the pont transborder (transporter bridge), a minute before it crossed the river. Thank you. You could of held it back for a minute. It's not like we can't be seen in all our hi-vis clothing. Now how do we get across the road bridge that spans the river? No bicycle signs on the approach roads left us scratching out heads. John went off to find a way and we eventually found a track, scrambled with difficulty over a large mound of soil and around a fence to the pedestrian/cycle way. Some signage would've been helpful, as we were not the only cyclists confused. Forty minutes after leaving the campsite, our leg muscles now fortunately warmed up we began the long slow ride over the bridge.
The view from the top fantastic. Yet more lack of signage delayed us once again. Which way? The dual carriageway we found ourselves on soon swallowed us up. The fast moving vehicles, some sounding their horns, sorry we're English passed a little too close for comfort. Worried we'd end up like the pigeon that didn't make it, now all blood and feathers we pulled off into a layby. Just a mile to the next exit. Hold your nerve everyone. And breathe. Back on quieter country roads we stopped at a boulongerie in Saint-Jean-d'Angle and bought pizza for lunch.
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It’s certainly turning into a testing adventure for you both. Love Dawn x
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