Trip support - Katherine Heery

The whole venture, in fact adventure, wouldn’t work so well without the support; that is the car to carry all the camping things, the meetings at places where roads cross bike paths and the supply of goodies, nourishment, water, and encouragement en route. So that’s me, my role.  So far it’s been excellent for brushing up my map reading ( it’s probably my ignorance but a lot of Breton names look very alike, K being the first letter it seems of lots of little villages).This is very confusing when I’m the driver, navigator and lookout person all rolled into one. I’ve also perfected reversals and turning round in people’s driveways after the map reading has gone a bit astray, asking directions of all and sundry, finding campsites in the most obscure places( why are they always down ,or up such narrow tracks?)  putting up the tent single handed and cheering Richard in at the end of a 100 plus km. day.

I’ve also been able to see a lot of Brittany, the interior that is: villages, churches with their distinctive towers and steeples, the calvaires( a translation seems to be ossuaries, they being  a burial place for bones) and I’ve enjoyed beautiful walks along the river or canal whilst waiting for Richard. 

So a night in a great hotel, mainly to charge  batteries and access emails etc. has had the added advantage of  allowing us to miss the only rainy night so far, great not to have to eat our porridge in the muddy wet and instead have a buffet breakfast in the warm and dry.  Today should see us at the end of the canal .          Katherine