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It's a bit more complicated than that...
May I give you something else to ponder during those long evenings sipping beer in Flanders?
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/anyone-cycled-the-route-from-the-new-france-en-vélo-book.161418/
The mention of Parthenay in that thread pricked my interest - the house we've now spent three weeks in this year and where we're thinking of finding somewhere of our own is outside Parthenay. And I happen to know that there are much better roads south from Saumur than the dull straight one described. I'm tyring to get hold of a route description, but it's not difficult to plot out a possible holiday or three going across the middle of France.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/anyone-cycled-the-route-from-the-new-france-en-vélo-book.161418/
The mention of Parthenay in that thread pricked my interest - the house we've now spent three weeks in this year and where we're thinking of finding somewhere of our own is outside Parthenay. And I happen to know that there are much better roads south from Saumur than the dull straight one described. I'm tyring to get hold of a route description, but it's not difficult to plot out a possible holiday or three going across the middle of France.