We planned to revisit some of the places we had seen on a cycle trip in 1985 and to add a few new ones. Last time we followed an anticlockwise route round the coast from Roscoff and then back across the hills. This time we followed a clockwise route, starting with the hills.

We had ideal cycling weather almost every day: temperatures of 18°-20° in the middle of the day but the very cold early mornings and evenings that seem to go with autumn sunny days. There was a little rain one morning; and then on the last day, some more rain, wind and a lower temperature. Every day was fine enough for a picnic lunch in an attractive spot.

We saw a great variety of interesting landscape: vegetable farming near Roscoff (mostly artichokes and cabbages); stunted trees, bracken and heath land on the Arrêt Mountains; some very picturesque hills on the way down to Carnac, and many spectacularly beautiful stretches of coastline.

Some of the interior of Brittany goes up and down a lot, giving us a couple of very tiring days, so we needed two days of rest between our three sets of three days on the bike.

We stayed in B and Bs wherever we could find them, but in the towns we used hotels so as to be central. Most of the B and Bs provided evening meals - other nights we ate out at restaurants. Crêpes and galettes predominated, but we also found plenty of fish and sea food.