{"id":78,"date":"2013-09-09T06:55:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T06:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybiketourofeurope.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2013-09-26T07:07:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T07:07:53","slug":"challan-to-noirmountier-5th-sept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybiketourofeurope.com\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"Challan to Noirmountier – 5th Sept"},"content":{"rendered":"

After talking to the helpful tourist information office in Challan, I decided to ride the more scenic route from Challan to St. Jean De Monts. There is a private trail most of the way. <\/p>\n

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It was a beautiful choice, but a choice that cost me a lot of time. After taking the train in the morning from Paris it was already almost 3pm and instead of an 18km ride directly to Noirmountier I ended up with two rides of about 18km.<\/p>\n

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St. Jean De Monts<\/p>\n

After reaching St. Jean De Monts I rode north on a dirt trail in the woods on the Eurovelo 1 until I reached the area around the bridge to Noirmontier.<\/p>\n

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I had a lot of trouble finding the path that led across the bridge. It’s a woodsy area and there are a lot of paths that lead to the beach where you can see the bridge, but can’t access it. On the trail in the woods you can’t see the bridge. I think I rode an extra 10km searching.<\/p>\n

When you look on a map and see a small island off the coast it seems like it should be a short ride to get to the island – maybe 2kms. It’s 18kms from the bridge to the town of Noirmountier.<\/p>\n

On my first day that I thought was going to be an easy start turned into a super long day. I arrived at Noirmountier at 10pm very tired. The upside is there was no attendant so I just set up my tent in this beautiful beachside campground – Camping Indigo Noirmountier.<\/p>\n

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Budget is $30 US a day
\nAll future $ in euros – $300 in pocket to start
\nDay 1 and night – $10
\n$10 groceries in Challan –
\nRaisins – pear – baguette –
\nincluding $3.79 for 2009 Bordeaux
\n$0 lodging in Noirmountier<\/p>\n

The total spent to-date is $10 and the average to-date is $10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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