Basic Route

Have been looking at roads and routes. There are so many roads in France that I think it's not really possible to define a set route. Am going to stick to the baby roads so maybe will just follow compass SSW and make it up as I go? Here is a basic route I made on Google maps but it's one of many possibilities...

Tour Planning and Saving weight

Hello and welcome to my blog! I have been planing a cycle tour through France for the last month or so. It's the first time I have gone away alone and done something like this so I am a little apprehensive about it all! I have a ferry booked for 21st May and it's taking me to Caen in northern France. From there I plan to wild camp and cycle through the west of France to Biarritz where I plan to stay for a week and go hiking in the Pyrenees with some friends. This is where i'm going to put up photos and diary entries as I go along for anyone that can be bothered to read through it!

I have been buying all my bike kit this week and have done allot of reading about what I need to take and how I should setup my bike. I found this blog by a man who seems obsessed with weight saving and goes into great detail about how to save grams! It is a rather funny read at times just seeing the lengths that he has gone to to save absolutly as much weight as possible whilst touring. It seems like he has a kind of weird obsession! Check it out.

Weight Saving Guide

I am going to upload some photos of my bike soon when I have all my kit ready..

Carl