June 28 - Day 24 - Tour de Bretagne

On the road again.

We headed inland from Mont St Michel, and had the wind at our backs and some lovely French countryside ahead of us. 

Farmland and forest. A nice change.

(Above, such big trees, trying to capture the size of the trunk.)

And today was Wildlife day! We saw a fox*, two deer, a little critter who ran right across the path in front of Marc 😳 - a Marmot, we think, and then a squirrel and then a great blue heron on the path along the canal. And a cute baby bunny at the campground. The only photo I got was the deer crossing 😉

And this cute cat who greeted me as I came out of the post office. 

We saw farms, and also wind farms. 

As we have been cycling, we have noticed some signs seemingly intentionally installed upside down.  We have seen quite a few of these, so I looked up what it means.

The upside-down signs first appeared in Tarn, Occitanie, and have spread nationally, but it is in Brittany that they are the most visible. The act is a protest by local farmers to raise visibility of the challenges they face.

So now we know. 

In the little village we stopped in for lunch, Marc made another friend. An elderly gentleman who approached us as we pulled in, started to chat. And chat. And chat. Once again, Marc got a full family story (including war heroes!) and he honestly didn't stop chatting the entire time we ate lunch and packed up to go. Quite sweet. 

We followed the Canal d'ille et Rance for about 20 kms today. Flat and shaded, safe and pretty. 

The buildings at each of the locks were like beautiful homes with wonderful gardens. 

As strange as it sounds, even the graffiti was impressive. 

And just as we were leaving the canal, we saw this guy in the other side. Clearly he forgot a wheel at home! 

We found an impressive campground. Very well run - great sites, facilities, good little shop, shaded area with tables for meals. They have very interesting little cabins you can rent.

And through the back gate we could walk through a forest to a pond and find a music and dancing festival. A Guinguette! So fun. 

Strava stats for today. 

Another 70k in the bank, and a few good hills but lots of flats too.

Rennes is the capital city of Brittany but we won't spend much time there. Big cities are not much fun on bikes. But this municipal park and campground is great. 

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