For day 5, its a push south to Soulac, another nice ride. Good progress made with some interesting sites along the way. See pictures below for more information.
Due to loosing so much time due to the bad weather and high winds at the start of the trip, I decided to use SNCF to get me back to where I needed to be. I have cycled through Aquitaine before and its frankly boring as its flat and all you can see is trees. South of Arcachon, the roads on previous trips have been rough, so giving it a miss is a good idea for this ride.
Tomorrow, some major climbing over the Pyrenees where I will enter Spain.
Le Map
The transporter bridge just south of Rochefort. People and bikes only. For quite a few years I passed over the modern bridge further west without knowing that the big metal structure was not some disused lifting bridge. Last year when I was crossing the new bridge, I spotted the dangling platform and added this to my route. See Site officiel du Pont Transbordeur – Anglais (pont-transbordeur.fr) for more information.
I live in Gosport and nice to see signposts so I know how far I am from my house. This is in Royan where my town is more important than London! (Royan is a Twin Town!)
Here is the Ferry to Le Verdon. Bikes go free (unlike on the Gosport Ferry!.
Phare de Corduan and Soulac Plage.
Not to much to report on the SNCF leg down to Bordeaux and Bayonne. But I need to give big shout out to SNCF for the way they carry bikes.
Bayonne is a really nice place to chill. Plenty of river side bars.
