Possible itineraries our consideration

Some of you must have wondered why I went to the trouble of plotting the route on Mapometer. It is to be able to easily compute distances between any places of your choosing. This is possible because Mapometer plots every km along the route (or 5km - I'm not sure how it decides which; it varies from map to map). Using these maps, I quickly came up with three possible itineraries, although there will be others:

Nantes - Chalonnes	78	78
Chalonnes - Saumur	84	162
Saumur - Tours	85	247
Tours - Blois	67	314
Blois - Orléans	57	371
Or
Nantes - Montjean	68	68
Montjean - Gennes	78	146
Gennes - Langeais	70	216
Langeais - Chaumont	78	294
Chaumont - Orléans	76	370
Or
Nantes - Bouchemaine	97	97
Bouchemaine - Saumur	65	162
Saumur - Villandry	64	226
Villandry - Candé	73	299
Candé - Orléans	71	370

Collectors please note! Some facts about the route Nantes to Orléans

Over the route, we shall be passing through the following départements:
Loire-Atlantique (44)
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Loir*-et-Cher (41)
Loiret (45)
We shall pedal through two régions:
Pays-de-la-Loire
Centre
And we shall see 5 chef-lieux (county towns), all on the River Loire:
Nantes
Angers
Tours
Blois
Orléans
We've done 49, Pays-de-la-Loire and Angers before, but the rest are new!
*Note the missing e. This is a different river: le Loir, not La Loire, altho we don't get to see it.

Jan/Feb Meeting

Happy New Year!

Re: Jan/Feb meeting. I will be Skiing from the 5th to 12th Jan and in Burma from the 8th Feb to 23rd Feb. Any time outside of these dates, if possible, would be good. I have also been coerced into dancing lessons on a Thursday evening, so Thursday's could be difficult - sorry to be pain.

Maldwyn