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Sunday 28th August 2016 Chinon to Angers There was some cloud cover first thing in the morning and it was a lot cooler today – about mid 20s as opposed to 36°, so it was easier riding along. A hot air balloon was drifting along above our hotel when I looked out of the window of our room.
Breakfast was OK at Chinon, par for the course. We set off at 9.28 and made good time on the smooth, level tracks along the Vienne and were soon at Candes St Martin, an attractive town at the confluence of the Loire and Vienne rivers. Just next to Candes was Montsreau where a street market was in progress. Very lively and we stopped for a coffee and a look around there. Further along we reached Saumur where there was another market and I got a veggy-burger from a snack bar – despite the name it was actually a bun with vegetables in, with no attempt to make them into any kind of burger shape. Still, it was OK and kept me going for a while.
We were aiming for St Mathurin sur Loire but when we got there there was no accommodation and the Tourist Information office said there would be nowhere doing food on a Sunday so we decided to just carry on and head for Angers instead.
Not too difficult but there was an awkward stretch on the D952 where the wind was quite strong and the traffic fast and plentiful before we found the velo track. After that it was all fairly straightforward. We entered Angers, a fairly large town, and found accommodation for the night at the Hotel de l’Europe (€80 for the room plus €10 each for breakfast).
That evening we ate at the ‘Cantine du BDC’ which did a very nice, unsoggy veggy-burger and frites along with a nice Hoegarden white beer. Later we took in another bar, tried the ‘Blonde des Caves’ (beer) and had the odd game of crib or two. Average speed: 10.3 mph Miles today: 56.2 Total miles: 315.2 Angers elevation: 170 ft | ||||||||
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