Huge fish mural I spotted on a building in St Malo's dock

Fruit & veg vending machine oulet - these are sadly replacing the 'honestly' box because of the lack off

Produce from local farmers awaits in vending machine boxes to be purchased for a fair price

I didn't plan on going to Mont Saint Michel originally because it appeared to far in the opposite direction from where I was heading but that's the beauty of having no fixed plan!

Passing through the quaint town of Cherrueix

The Moulin de la Saline is a windmill that has been listed as a historic monument since 1977 - if you can read French then your in luck here!

A very smart looking costal house I spotted along the route to Mont Saint-Michel

The goal the distance! Mont Saint-Michel!

I saw just the right amount of cyclist's on my travels - not too many, not too few and all of them friendly!

Classic French house seen along the Manche Ille-Et-Vilaine

It's within grabbing distance! cycling along the Couesnon towards Mont Saint-Michel

Yours truly posing in front of Mont Saint-Michel on the Barrage du Mont Saint Michel

Ahh the goal - Mont Saint-Michel! made it! this is the view from the long entry bridge, Pont Passerelle, that makes the island Commune & Abbey accessible in high tide

Close up of the beautiful gothic architecture of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey that was completed in 1523

The Mont Saint-Michel Commune & Abbey as seen from the seabed with the tide out

This is inside the commune of Mont Saint-Michel - a photo I got before I was told to leave because bikes were not allowed in there

It was quite along ride from Saint Malo to Mont Saint Michel, about 30 miles, and very hot, I take a pause on the journey back to reflect on the beautiful surroundings

Old barn spotted in the spacious fields of Ille-Et-Vlaine Manche

After a very long day I decided to plot up for the night at a Camping Municipal called 'Des Ondes' in Pont Beniot.

Brittany, France 2019 Fully Loaded Cycle Tour

Day Two: Saint Malo to Mont Saint-Michel | France Fully Loaded Cycle Tour

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Hot off the heels of my last Fully Loaded Cycle Tour in South Wales, and with barely a month just gone by, I was on to my next Cycle Tour in Brittany, North West France. As I didn’t have much time to plan & organise this trip I thought I would take a ‘go where the wind takes me‘ attitude as far as the camping bit goes and find sites along the way (I only had my last night’s campsite stay booked in so I didn’t miss my boat going back!) and after some research I found a great book which details the great ‘Green Ways‘ cycle routes around Brittany titled ‘Brittany’s Green Ways‘ published by Red Dog Books (see photo below) – I took the V2 cycle route from St-Malo to Rennes with a impromptu side trip going along the v4 route on the first day to see the abbey at Mont-Saint-Michel. Now I could chat away for ages about this trip, the weather was amazing, the overnight ferry, miles of off road cycle paths, the food… ahh.. it was like a holiday mixed in with cycle touring – just plain brilliant, but without further ado, here are the photos! 🙂

Map of the Green Ways routes in Brittany, France. I took the velo 2 to Rennes & part of velo 4 to Le mont-Saint-Michel – click map to see a bigger view.

Brittany’s Green Ways Book by Red Dog Books