The advantage to cycling through a region is you get to see a its beauty in a way you can’t from the window of a train. Here are a few pics I liked from riding the bike from Brest to Nantes, with stops in Quimper, Vannes, Lorient and St. Nazaire.

It’s a beautiful area – with ports, beachfront, farmland and some amazing scenery. Signs throughout are in French and Celtic due to the strong Celtic heritage of the area. I didn’t have time, unfortunately, but regular cruises around Vannes showcase an amazing bay with stunning islands and coastline.

A quiet home miles from any town.

I loved this house. It was like something you’d leave breadcrumbs to find your way back to.

There weren’t a lot of them, but some homes still had windmills standing.

In Bretagne, the tides are significant. Hopefully no one wants to go sailing this morning!

Loved this bridge, on the road to Nantes.

Brest is pretty bland architecturally because the town had the crap kicked out of it during WWII. The Allies bombed it to hell because the Germans were working on a sub there. So, all of the buildings are 50s, 60s and 70s style. But it has a massive chateau that withstood the bombing and has a very busy port. This pic is of a dry dock, which I’d never seen before. The gate opens, water fills it up, the ship floats in and then the dock is drained.

Part of a garden and the old town walls in Vannes.

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