There’s a flat, fairly direct greenway linking Fougères to Vitré — though I only get to use it for about a kilometre.
Stretching 279 kilometres from Mont Saint-Michel to Nantes, this greenway offers the makings of a wonderfully relaxed tour. To catch the spirit of the region, though, you’d need to wander off the path now and then — into a village square for a coffee, or down a side road where life moves at a gentle pace.
It was a steep climb to get this photo.
A third of the distance done and I take a coffee break at a bar tabac in Saint-M'Hervé.
Today's route is one I found on Komoot, my navigation tool. The route is well designed as you do more than half the distance getting out to Vitré, you get a fast road back and just when that gets boring you head off on a single track road.
Vitré - having trawled my memory bank on the way - is as I remembered it.
