See what the holiday program thought of one of our cycling holidays in France. See www.bretonbikes.com so you can do it too!

Here I am feeling very grand to my chauffeur driven car on a glorious summer day in Brittany but I’m going to be abandoning this car and taking to two wheels this is an independent cycling holiday with all the fiddly bits done for you you’re picked up from the ferry

Fitted out with a bike and let loose in the beautiful Breton countryside well a bike obviously but then you get all these toys to go with it looking comfortable terms of cooking stuff sleeping bags sleeping mat and pioneers to put challenges packing all this stuff up into these small bags putting them on

The back of the bike and still being able to move it actually it’s all very lightweight clearly not enough of a challenge for some who’ve added a couple of three-year-olds to their luggage Brittany might have been designed for cyclists there is almost no traffic the landscape is varied the hills gentle and

There are lots of villages offering refreshment you could make up your own itinerary or follow one of the suggested routes as well as a map you can issue a move incredibly detailed instructions so it’s not only on impossible to get lost although some people have a better sense

Of direction than others I’m doing Carnac or bust which should mean I end up at the sea but if I do get lost or have problems with the bike there is a Rescue Service so all you have to do at the end of the day is choose your campsite for the

Night these tents are so easy to put up you can do it in a almost which leaves lots of energy for the more important things in life our friends Floyd never has to do is over washing up ever there’s always a downside because it’s certainly not a holiday to

Try and lose weight on the amount of cycling just can’t counteract the amount of food on offer everywhere you go most villages and towns have small restaurants where you can often get six course lunches for as little as five pounds or you can go for the alfresco option combined with the obligatory

Afternoon let’s relax and there’s even time for a quick scamper on the beach before dinner

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