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Pedalling at the back...

Pedalling at the back…

Our long-distance journeys by tandem. A blog featuring long months of silence, followed by days of frantic activity

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Jonathan Lynas

…and now, in glorious technicolour

Click here to watch the video of our Highlands and Islands trip.

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  • Stage 23 – Rouans to Pornic
  • Stage 22 – Champtoceaux to Rouans
  • Stage 21 – Angers to Champtoceaux
  • Stage 20 – Saumur to Angers
  • Stage 19 – Tours to Saumur
  • Stage 18 – Amboise to Tours
  • Stage 17 – Blois to Amboise
  • Stage 16 – Beaugency to Blois

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Loire

Prologue: a gentle warm-up on Alpe d'Huez
Stage 1: Avignon to Chateâuneuf-du-Pape
Stage 2: Chateâuneuf-du-Pape to St Martin d'Ardèche
Stage 3: Saint Martin d'Ardèche to Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Stage 4: Vallon-Pont-d'Arc to Vals-les-Bains
Stage 5: Vals-les-Bains to Sainte-Eulalie
Stage 6: Sainte-Eulalie to Le Puy-en-Velay
Stage 7: Le Puy-en-Velay to Bas-en-Basset
Stage 8: Bas-en-Basset to Feurs
Stage 9: Feurs to Marcigny
Stage 10: Marcigny to Bourbon-Lancy
Stage 11: Bourbon-Lancy to Nevers
Stage 12: Nevers to Sancerre
Stage 13: Sancerre to Briare
Stage 14: Briare to Chateâuneuf-sur-Loire
Stage 15: Chateâuneuf-sur-Loire to Beaugency
Stage 16: Beaugency to Blois
Stage 17: Blois to Amboise
Stage 18: Amboise to Tours
Stage 19: Tours to Saumur
Stage 20: Saumur to Angers
Stage 21: Angers to Champtoceaux
Stage 22: Champtoceaux to Rouans
Stage 23: Rouans to Pornic

Italy

Stage 1: Cervinia to Saint Vincent
Stage 2: Saint Vincent to Ivrea
Stage 3: Ivrea to Castello di Rivoli
Stage 4: Castello di Rivoli to Pinerolo
Stage 5: Pinerolo to Saluzzo
Stage 6: Saluzzo to Mondovì
Stage 7: Mondovì to Barolo
Stage 8: Barolo to Alba
Stage 9: Alba to Acqui Terme
Stage 10: Acqui Terme to Salice Terme
Stage 11: Salice Terme to Pavia
Stage 12: Pavia to Piacenza
Stage 13: Piacenza to Cremona
Stage 14: Cremona to Sirmione
Stage 15: Sirmione to Verona
Stage 16: Verona to Este
Stage 17: Este to Chioggia
Stage 18: Chioggia to Crespino
Stage 19: Crespino to Ferrara
Stage 20: Ferrara to Modena
Stage 21: Modena to Castel San Pietro Terme
Stage 22: Castel San Pietro Terme to Forlì
Stage 23: Forlì to Popolano
Stage 24: Popolano to Fiesole
Stage 25: Fiesole to Montecatini Terme
Stage 26: Montecatini Terme to Lucca
Stage 27: Lucca to Cascina via Pisa
Stage 28: Cascina to Villanuova
Stage 29: Villanuova to San Casciano in Val di Pesa
Stage 30: San Casciano in Val di Pesa to Radda in Chianti
Stage 31: Radda in Chianti to Arezzo
Stage 32: Arezzo to Castiglione del Lago
Stage 33: Castiglione del Lago to Perugia
Stage 34: Perugia to Assisi
Stage 35: Assisi to Todi
Stage 36: Todi to Orvieto
Stage 37: Orvieto to Montefiascone
Stage 38: Montefiascone to Civita Castellana
Stage 39: Civita Castellana to Labarò
Stage 40: Labarò to Rome
Stage 41: Rome to Frascati
Stage 42: Frascati to Pofi
Stage 43: Pofi to Cassino
Stage 44: Cassino to Caserta
Stage 45: Caserta to San Marzano sul Sarno
Stage 46: San Marzano sul Sarno to Paestum
Stage 47: Paestum to Marina di Casalvelino
Stage 48: Marina di Casalvelino to Marina di Camerota
Stage 49: Marina di Camerota to Sapri
Stage 50: Sapri to Scalea
Stage 51: Scalea to Paola
Stage 52: Paola to Falerna Marina
Stage 53: Falerna Marina to Tropea
Stage 54: Tropea to Gioia Tauro
Stage 55: Gioia Tauro to Villa San Giovanni
Stage 56: Villa San Giovanni to Mazzaro
Stage 57: Mazzaro to Catania
Stage 58: Catania to Siracusa
Stage 59: Siracusa to Marzamemi
Stage 60: Marzamemi to Marina di Ragusa
Stage 61: Marina di Ragusa to Licata
Stage 62: Licata to Agrigento
Stage 63: Agrigento to Sciacca
Stage 64: Sciacca to Marsala
Information for anyone planning a similar trip.

Netherlands

Stage 1: Breda to Kinderdijk
Stage 2: Kinderdijk to Utrecht
Stage 3: Utrecht to Arnhem
Stage 4: Arnhem to Huizen
Stage 5: Huizen to Giethoorn
Stage 6: Giethoorn to Leeuwarden
Stage 7: Leeuwarden to Medemblik
Stage 8: Medemblik to Broek in Waterland
Stage 9: Broek in Waterland to Leiden
Stage 10: Leiden to Delft (via Gouda)
Stage 11: Delft to Numansdorp, via Willemstad
Stage 12: Numansdorp to Breda

Normandy

Stage 1: Rouen to Jumièges
Stage 2: Jumièges to Honfleur
Stage 3: Honfleur to Lion-sur-Mer
Stage 4: Lion-sur-Mer to Arromanches-les-Bains
Stage 5: Arromanches-les-Bains to Bayeux
Stage 6: Bayeux to Saint-Loup-de-Fribois
Stage 7: Saint-Loup-de-Fribois to Le Neubourg
Stage 8: Le Neubourg to Rouen

Highlands and Islands

Highlands and Islands 2014
Stage 1: Brodick to Lochranza
Stage 2: Lochranza to Campbeltown
Stage 3: Campbeltown to Gigha
Stage 4: Gigha to Lochgilphead
Stage 5: Lochgilphead to Tobermory
Stage 6: Tobermory to Acharacle
Stage 7: Acharacle to Glenfinnan
Stage 8: Glenfinnan to Portree
Stage 9: Portree to Glenshiel
Stage 10: Glenshiel to Spean Bridge
Stage 11: Spean Bridge to Tyndrum
Stage 12: Tyndrum to Dunoon
Stage 13: Dunoon to Rothesay
Stage 14: Rothesay to Ardrossan
Videos

Flanders

Flanders – our itinerary
Prologue: Ieper to … just outside Ieper
Stage 1: Ieper to Ronse
Stage 2: Ronse to Halle
Stage 3: Halle to Tienen
Stage 4: Tienen to Liege
Stage 5: Liege to Thorn
Stage 6: Thorn to Turnhout
Stage 7: Turnhout to Antwerp
Stage 8: Antwerp to Ghent
Stage 9: Ghent to de Panne
Stage 10: de Panne to Ieper
At last, the video!

De bout en bout

Prologue: Calais to Ardres
Stage 1: Ardres to St-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Stage 2: St Pol sur Ternoise to Peronne
Stage 3: Peronne to Laon
Stage 4: Laon to Reims
Stage 5: Reims to Vitry-le-Francois
Stage 6: Vitry-le-Francois to Bar-sur-Aube
Stage 8: Bar-sur-Aube to Fain-les-Montbard
Stage 8: Fain-les-Montbard to Nuits-St-George
Stage 9: Nuits-St-Georges to Tournus
Stage 10: Tournus to Villefranche-sur-Saone
Stage 11: Villefranche-sur-Saone to Chasse-sur-Rhone
Stage 12: Chasse-sur-Rhone to Bourg-les-Valence
Stage 13: Bourg-les-Valence to Orange
Stage 14: Orange to Bedoin
Stage 15: Bedoin to Bedoin
Stage 16: Bedoin to Remoulins
Stage 17: Remoulins to Aigues Mortes
Stage 18: Aigues Mortes to Agde
Stage 19: Agde to Port-la-Nouvelle
Stage 20: Port-la-Nouvelle to Collioure
Stage 21: Collioure to Collioure
Profile of the route
Our itinerary

Land's End to John o'Groats

Stage 1: Penzance to Lands End; St Ives
Stage 2: St Ives to Wadebridge
Stage 3: Wadebridge to Okehampton
Stage 4: Okehampton to Taunton
Stage 5: Taunton to Bath
Stage 6: Bath to Newent
Stage 7: Newent to Ludlow
Stage 8: Ludlow to Chester
Stage 9: Chester to Bispham Green
Stage 10: Bispham Green to Ambleside
An enforced day of leisure
Stage 11: Ambleside to Carlisle
Stage 12: Carlisle to Dumfries
Stage 13: Dumfries to Coylton
Stage 14: Coylton to Balloch
Stage 15: Balloch to Tyndrum
Stage 16: Tyndrum to Spean Bridge
Stage 17: Spean Bridge to Beauly
Stage 18: Beauly to Helmsdale
Stage 19: Helmsdale to Thurso
Stage 20: Thurso to John o'Groats
Videos
Post-ride reflections
Resources for other similarly minded cyclists

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