We caught an overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Le Havre arriving at 8:30 am. Train to Paris St Lazare then a quick cycle across Paris to Paris Montparnasse to catch the TGV to Bordeaux.
Contrary to frequently repeated advice, it is possible to book fully assembled bikes onto some TGVs and we had done this. Unfortunately by time we had found the carriage with the bike spaces the spaces were already full of passengers luggage, We made ourselves somewhat unpopular by shouting to the carriage in French that we would be removing their bags to put our bikes in the places we had paid for! In the end they were still balancing on a fair number of suitcases, but we made it,
From Bordeaux we had a short ride to a campsite on a lake just on the outskirts, The ride was easy with excellent cycle lanes and we arrived early evening.
Distance cycled 13.3km from Bordeaux Gare de St Jean
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