Sunday 15 July 2012

Day 23

Voie Verte -  in the wet they were hard in places.
Mileage 53 miles.   85 km Total  miles   766  ( 1225 km ) Caurel to Poullaouen A very pleasant stay in Beau Rivage, we were the only customers. Excellent food and service. They also made us a packed lunch as shops are  getting few and far between. Often a fair way off the canal.  We started the day with a big hill, not usual on a canal route. But we were quickly back on the canal and making fair progress. The rain from the day before has made the compacted surfaces quite porridgey, and we slip and slide along. There is also a fair bit of mud on the earth sections. All in all a pretty grubby day. A lot of the locks no longer function so the houses are let as gites, mainly to the English as far as we could see.  We passed a number of chateaux and Abbeys. They always seem to be in an imposing position as we view them from the canal path. Signage was minimal, one doesn't need much on the canal. But when we did need it, it either was not there or we missed it. We just went too far and had to retrace our tracks to take the road to Carhaix and leave the canal.  Tourist Information booked us into an auberge in Poullaouen. We arrived there very wet and dirty after a ride along the Voie Verte. Apparently it gets better after this, fingers crossed.  The aim tomorrow is to get to Roscoff, hopefully catch the overnight ferry and arrive Plymouth Sunday morning.

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