Online French Bike routes
slowbike
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Best place to see French Bike routes (do they exist?) online?
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Try this for starters. Found this site useful for planning cycling holidays.
https://en.francevelotourisme.com/en0 -
Slowbike wrote:Best place to see French Bike routes (do they exist?) online?
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Britanny - Carnac region.0
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orraloon wrote:Try this for starters. Found this site useful for planning cycling holidays.
https://en.francevelotourisme.com/en
ta - it's not a cycling holiday - it's a holiday in which we'll do some cycling ... with a 3yo you can't ride that far - 10 possibly 20 miles max in a day.0 -
Slowbike wrote:Britanny - Carnac region.
I've found the IGN Top100 maps the best for cycling in France - enough detail to see elevation etc. but not such a large scale you need more than one map.0 -
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We've got a map of the area which does show some cycle trails - so hoping that will do - although I prefer working online - Google maps doesn't give enough... hmm - I wonder if Open Street Maps has got anything ...0 -
Slowbike wrote:ta
We've got a map of the area which does show some cycle trails - so hoping that will do - although I prefer working online - Google maps doesn't give enough... hmm - I wonder if Open Street Maps has got anything ...
Each to his own... I just love poring over paper maps and planning routes.0 -
When are you going? We're planning the velodysse route from Roscoff with a 5 year old. Passing through a bit east of your area. Probably first two weeks in August.
BTW that route is supposed to be mostly car free routes like canal / River paths, green routes, etc. It sounds like there's quite a few such routes on that velodysse. IIRC about 80%. There's a website with downloadable GPS routes. Various formats including the GPX format. I've found out that viewranger on my phone can import that route onto its free maps, but I found I kept losing them and having to re-import them from the download file.0 -
Tangled Metal wrote:When are you going?0
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briantrumpet wrote:Slowbike wrote:ta
We've got a map of the area which does show some cycle trails - so hoping that will do - although I prefer working online - Google maps doesn't give enough... hmm - I wonder if Open Street Maps has got anything ...
Each to his own... I just love poring over paper maps and planning routes.
I don't mind poring over paper maps - I love nautical charts - just trying to find something with the detail I'd need without spending a fortune and it's easier on a large screen to plot something online.0 -
Slowbike wrote:Tangled Metal wrote:When are you going?
Mind you my son's school don't charge for taking them out in term time. He's got 100% and 98% attendance so far so we could take two weeks out and still beat the 90% attendance requirement. It's only spring term they have an issue with absence. They take a view on it in other terms. Our son is doing well enough I doubt they'd bat an eyelid about an early holiday. His classmate is on holiday right now I believe.0 -
Ah - it is nice - being able to go away when we want ... this time to see TdF (again)
Although - as he moved from Nursery to Pre-school - we have the school holiday child care to arrange ... aaaghh!
Why is Spring a problem and not the other terms? Ok - Spring term usually means a skiing trip - but surely, unless they're doing exams a week out of school doing physical stuff should be ok?! better than a week abroad sitting on a beach.0 -
No idea why spring term is different.0