{"id":4890,"date":"2023-05-12T16:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:37:04","slug":"fietstocht-2023-frankrijk-hendaye-chatellerault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/fietstocht-2023-frankrijk-hendaye-chatellerault\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling tour 2023: Hendaye - Chatellerault"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4890\" class=\"elementor elementor-4890\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e21340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cycling tour 2023: Hendaye - Chatellerault<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c88f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6a9c88f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7f530f1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/2023\/05\/12\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>12 May 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6863c75 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/reistype\/fietsen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Cycling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/land\/frankrijk\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Travel reports<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63136f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63136f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1160ec9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1160ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-mei-23-Les-Landes.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4892\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-mei-23-Les-Landes.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-mei-23-Les-Landes-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-mei-23-Les-Landes-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd5f97 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdd5f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72177720308062126\/\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Photos Hendaye - Chatellerault<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009254d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"009254d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d372af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d372af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); font-weight: bolder;\">May 3: Saint-Jean de Luz - Capbreton<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">\u00a0(44.2 km - 430D+)<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">From\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); font-weight: bolder;\">Saint-Jean<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); font-weight: bolder;\">Biarritz<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">\u00a0have I\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); font-weight: bolder;\">Eurovelo 1<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">\u00a0followed: it was a very tough route: always steep uphill, immediately followed by a plunge, and no flat stretches at all. The Eurovelo is called 'Velodyss\u00e9e' here, but I think many cyclists consider it more of a\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">velocalvary<\/em><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">....<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">My legs were starting to feel a bit sour and sore by the time I reached Biarritz and I decided to take a long lunch break at a surf caf\u00e9 with a panoramic view of the Atlantic Ocean. There are worse places to rest and have lunch.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">At a roundabout in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Biarritz\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">I was almost hit by a car trying to turn right while I was still driving on to the next exit. I saw him coming and braked as I turned sharply right. The motorist also braked when he saw me. When we both came to a stop, there was no more than 20 cm between my bike and the car. Some pedestrians shouted 'Oh la la' when they saw it happen. The motorist drove on without apologising<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">To\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Bayonne<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0the roads were busy and noisy. I felt tired, both physically and mentally, and was beginning to consider switching to back roads with less traffic tomorrow, when suddenly the traffic disappeared and I spent the last 10 km even through the forests of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Landes<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0cycled on a beautiful traffic-free cycle path. Long enough to shake off my fatigue and negative feelings and arrive at the campsite in good spirits.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The temperature rose to 29 degrees today and after pitching my tent, I had time for a dip in the ocean. Swimming, however, was not possible. The violently breaking waves knocked me over every time, pulling me along for a few metres. But I'd rather be knocked over by a breaking wave than by a braking car....<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c47ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c47ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Zicht-op-Bayonne.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4899\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Zicht-op-Bayonne.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Zicht-op-Bayonne-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Zicht-op-Bayonne-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">View of Bayonne<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8870446 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8870446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-664836a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"664836a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); font-weight: bolder;\">4 May: Capbreton - Cap de l'Homy<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">\u00a0(61.6 km - 440D+)<br \/><\/span>The contrast with the<em>\u00a0'velocalvarie'<\/em>\u00a0of yesterday was great: after crossing the coastal town of\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Capbreton<\/span>\u00a0and its marina, I cycled along beautiful bike paths, first behind the dunes and then through the endless forests of the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Landes<\/span>. How much I enjoyed the fresh smell of the pine trees! Now does\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Eurovelo-1<\/span>\u00a0his name\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Velodyss\u00e9e<\/span>\u00a0honour!<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The only fun spoiler was the headwind, but in the forests it was not as strong as along the coast.<br \/>I drank a coffee and went to the supermarket in\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Vieux-Boucau-Les-Bains<\/span>.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">As I cycled on again, Els called me about the next campsite. After the call, I continued on Eurovelo-1, a long and straight cycle path through the forest. My GPS gave me no instructions so I kept going until I suddenly found myself in\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Leon\u00a0<\/span>was, a village located on a lake 6 km inland, when in fact I was supposed to follow the coast. I looked on the GPS and I had indeed deviated 5 km inland from my programmed route. The sound of the GPS was off, so I couldn't hear the instructions! I assume it was automatically switched off during the phone call. A 5km diversions, fortunately a flat one.<br \/>The whole route today was a true cycling delight, so beautiful and peaceful. I felt very grateful.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">5 May: Cap de l'Homy - Le Frezat<\/span>\u00a0(75.4 km - 610D+)<br \/>Down to the city\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Mimezan<\/span>\u00a0I continued my way through the Landes forests on the car-free Eurovelo cycle path. Once I crossed the dunes to look at the beach and the ocean. Thirty years ago, I spent a few days in\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Mimezan<\/span>\u00a0When I returned from the Pyrenees. I wondered if it would have changed. I don't remember exactly what it was like, but the 'feel' of the village square with the old church and one restaurant was still the same. No high-rises or big apartment buildings like in Spain.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Beyond\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Mimezan<\/span>\u00a0I sometimes had to cycle on departmental roads. After so many kilometres on isolated cycle paths, I had to get used to car noises again. One gets spoiled fast....<br \/>On the eastern shore of Lake\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Biscarosse<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Parentis<\/span>\u00a0I passed some picturesque marinas and little beaches. It was so peaceful there.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Biscarosse<\/span>\u00a0is a more touristy town, so we went a few kilometres further in search of a rural campsite.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156203d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"156203d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Eurovelo1-naar-Mimezan.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4906\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Eurovelo1-naar-Mimezan.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Eurovelo1-naar-Mimezan-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-mei-23-Eurovelo1-naar-Mimezan-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Eurovelo1 to Mimezan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b4fac elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"33b4fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf30ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf30ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">May 6: Le Frezat - Audenge<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0(41.2 km - 270 m)<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">The first 8 kilometres on the eastern shore of Lake\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Biscarros<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">and Paternis<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0were very relaxing. Being on the eastern side of the lake, I avoided Arcachon and the Dune de Pila and took a shortcut from\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Sanguinet<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0directly to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Mios<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0along the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">D-3 'Route de Bordeaux'<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">: a 17-km straight D-road with no cycle path and no place to stop. Fortunately, the wind was blowing from behind today, so I progressed pretty fast on this somewhat dangerous stretch.<\/span><\/p><div><p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">I stopped for lunch in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Mios<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">, the first village after this stretch. In the parking lot of the 'Rotisserie', I saw the motorbikes of two Portuguese bikers who are touring Europe in 800 hours on 50cc bikes.<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">After\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Mios<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0I could follow another isolated cycle path until\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Audenge<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">.<\/span><\/p><div><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">At\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Biganos<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0I saw two pairs of massive millstones from the 16th century. The water mill was first used for grain and later, since the industrial revolution, for paper. It produced a brownish, highly absorbent paper that was used by butchers to wrap meat. The cost per kilogram was equal to the price of 1 kg of meat.<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">May 8: Audenge - Carcans<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0(63.5 km - 550D+)<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Took a day off yesterday to write a newsletter. In the afternoon, I went swimming in the camping pool and in the evening, we were\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Els<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0and me to the marina of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Audenge<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0gone to get something to eat. A restful day.<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Today's ride was fun, apart from the first 12km stretch on a former railway track along the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Carcachon<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0Basin.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: var(--text-align); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">For the next 50 km, I followed a car-free cycle path just behind the dunes. Fantastic!<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">I arrived early enough at the municipal campsite of Carcans to take a walk on the beach. The ocean waves were quite impressive and there were still surfers trying to surf on them.<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">9 May: Carcans - Soulac-sur-Mer<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0(59.2 km - 420D+)<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">During the night, it started raining and lasted till noon. I had to pack up the tent and cycle in the rain for the first two hours.<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The scenery during these two rainy hours was beautiful, but due to the rain I did not take any photos. I followed a very good, paved road that could only be driven by authorised traffic. So there was no traffic at all except one truck loading logs. I think the road is closed to normal traffic because there is a large test base for military missiles.<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">At\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Hourtin Plage<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0it stopped raining, so I took the opportunity to eat my lunch. Fortunately, apart from a few drops, it stayed dry all afternoon.<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">On a beach near\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Soulac-sur-Mer<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0I saw a man holding a\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">paragliding<\/em><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0jumped off the dunes, but unfortunately his flight attempt failed and he landed softly on the beach. A lot of work and effort for a very short flight...<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><br \/>At\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Soulac<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0we camp at the very luxurious\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><a style=\"color: #00285e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.camping-palace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campsite 'Le Palace<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">, with a water park and - much appreciated with the current colder weather - an indoor pool and a pool with several massage jet streams. What a blessing for my muscles!<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-979e1bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"979e1bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-mei-23-Soulac-sur-mer-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4923\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-mei-23-Soulac-sur-mer-2.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-mei-23-Soulac-sur-mer-2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-mei-23-Soulac-sur-mer-2-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Soulac-sur-mer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f211ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f211ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232c390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"232c390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder;\">May 10: Soulac-sur-Mer - Saint-Savinien<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u00a0(68 km - 570D+)<br \/><\/span>On Tuesday night we camped near\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Soulac-sur-Mer<\/span>, an authentic coastal town with well-preserved\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Belle \u00c9poque-style villas<\/span>. It is also called the \"city of 500 villas\". A very wide perimeter of it is classified. The city is special enough to make a short photo essay of it with street scenes and the most unusual buildings.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The remaining 10 km of\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Soulac<\/span>\u00a0to the ferry across the rivers\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Garonne<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Dordogne<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Royan<\/span>\u00a0I cycled through a beautiful dune forest. We had to wait almost 2 hours for the next departure.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">From\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Royan<\/span>, a lively coastal town, I started cycling inland. So from now on, my photo reports will again be more varied than just forests, dunes and beaches and include more architecture and culture.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">I photographed the simple but beautifully understated churches of\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Saujon and Corme-Royal<\/span>. The latter is a typical example of Roman and Gothic art in the ancient province\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Saintonge<\/span>.<br \/>At\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Plassay<\/span>\u00a0there was a menhir along the road. I really enjoyed today's varied ride after so many days of cycling through the forest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2edc121 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2edc121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/156963010\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Pictures of Soulac-sur-mer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ac914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"67ac914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbc14a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbc14a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">May 11: Savignien - Marigny<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0(46.9 km - 490D+)<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">I had read that\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Saint-Jean d'Angely<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0was a charming old town. It was on my route north and I paid a short visit there.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Its roots go back to the 9th-century abbey\/church that was built to house a relic (its skull) of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">John the Baptist\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">preserve. The church was destroyed several times and rebuilt in a different style. The current church is unfinished. The two main towers are separated from the nave. The original Gothic church was sacked in the 16th century by\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Huguenots<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">. The last reconstruction in classicist style took place in 1741, but could not be completed due to lack of funds.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">The city also has a 13th-century bell tower and a beautiful covered market hall.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The landscape in this region is somewhat monotonous: undulating green maize fields interspersed with brownish fallow land.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b312a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b312a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-mei-23-Saint-Jean-dAngely-kerk.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4927\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-mei-23-Saint-Jean-dAngely-kerk.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-mei-23-Saint-Jean-dAngely-kerk-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-mei-23-Saint-Jean-dAngely-kerk-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> Saint Jean d'Angely - John the Baptist church<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a00d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9a00d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4888210 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4888210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">May 12: Marigny - Vivonne<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0(76.8 km - 410 D+)<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">In the middle of the night, I woke up shivering in my sleeping bag. This was the first time this trip that I was cold at night. And today during my drive, I was hit by a hailstorm and a little later by rain. The weather in\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">'La dou<u>ch<\/u>e France'<\/em><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0is rather bleak for the time of year.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: -0.1px;\"><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The cold had made me sleep badly while I had a long cycling day ahead of me, fortunately only 2 Beaufort wind in the back.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: -0.1px;\"><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The last 20 km after the two showers were indeed quite tough. I completed them on willpower. It was almost 7pm when I reached the campsite in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Vivonne<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0reached, just before a third shower. By the time I could pitch my tent, it was past 8pm. Tomorrow, I will take a rest day.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: -0.1px;\"><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Els and I stopped in the town of Melle for lunch. At that time, the sun was still shining and we took a short walk in the old town. We saw the old courthouse with two Gothic towers from the 15th century and the main building from the 19th century.<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Unfortunately, the old Romanesque church was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Saint Savinien<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0closed.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff9ea4 elementor-widget 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I also took the opportunity to see the Pinault collection at Punta della Dogana and a compelling exhibition by Michael Armitage at Palazzo Grassi.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/reistype\/fietsen\/rond-adriatische-zee-2026-biennale-van-venetie\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Around the Adriatic Sea 2026\u2019: Biennale + various exhibitions\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead more\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foto&#8217;s Hendaye &#8211; Chatellerault 3 mei: Saint-Jean de Luz &#8211; Capbreton\u00a0(44,2 km &#8211; 430D+)Van\u00a0Saint-Jean\u00a0tot\u00a0Biarritz\u00a0heb ik\u00a0Eurovelo 1\u00a0gevolgd: het was een heel zware route: steeds steil bergop, onmiddellijk gevolgd door een duikvlucht, en helemaal geen vlakke stukken. De Eurovelo heet hier \u2018Velodyss\u00e9e\u2019, maar ik denk dat veel fietsers hem eerder beschouwen als een\u00a0velocalvaire\u2026. 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