1. The distance from the Dune du Pilat (or Pyla – there are two different spellings) to Arcachon varies according to what you read or measure! My IGN map makes it 9 km; an approximation to the greenway on Autoroute Express, but using ordinary roads, calculates it as 12 km; and the AF3V website mentions this link to the Arcachon Basin greenway and gives the distance as 15 km! I’m giving the total from Pilat to Facture as 30 km now, instead of my previous 28 km.
2. When we leave Pilat, we can ride the Arcachon Basin Greenway as far as Facture, then follow a linking piste cyclable to Mios and the start of the Mios – Bazas Greenway. For those riding from Arcachon railway station, you could make use of this GW, rather than ride on the road. Finally, if Shawn wants to ride from Bordeaux station, he can pick up this GW at Biganos (near Facture).
3. The Arcachon Basin GW forms part of that 1200 km cycle route from Roscoff to Bayonne.
4. Peter has identified a F1 hotel at Bordeaux. There are also two youth hostels, one near the St Jean railway station, the other further out at Blanquefort.
5. We want to stop at Carcassonne. I suggest therefore that the 7 days be split as 5 days from Pilat to Carcassonne and 2 days from Carcassonne to Sète. With distances of 430 km and 152 km respectively, this gives averages of 86 km per day for the first 5 days and 76 km per day for the last two.
6. We could use the youth hostel at Carcassonne.
7. Toulouse also has a youth hostel, so maybe we should stop there too. Toulouse to Carcassonne is 105 km – quite do-able. Then we could have a short day the day after this, which would allow us to look around Carcassonne.
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like your thinking Clyde...any ideas on a date for our meeting.
ReplyDeleteI have now booked passage on the 17:51 TGV from Paris on Sunday 27th May, arriving into Bordeaux St Jean at 21:28 and I shall book a room at the nearby F1. At 29 euros First Class it was too good an opportunity to miss. I shall be ready to start from the Dune by mid morning on 28th, if that fits with other schedules. If it does not,I shall either have a day around Bordeaux waiting for people to arrive or alternatively taking a local train to catch up.
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to be able to make a meeting on 19th January so I propose that we meet on that date at the Flowerpot at 19:30.
Sounds good to me!
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