14 Days in Brittany Day 13: Rennes to Dinan

So another day, another river turned into a canal – the French seem to have developed their waterways differently to the British. Whilst we built canals from end-to-end which therefore were to a standard minimum gauge to minimize costs, the French instead canalised their rivers. Just put in a lock every few kilometers to control

14 Days in Brittany Day 12: Redon to Rennes

So today I finally left the Nantes-Brest canal behind and instead headed off up the valley of the River Villaine to Rennes, a long day of some 90km. However, having spent a lot of time cycling alongside waterways, I decided to head off to explore the megaliths around Saint Just. The distance was the same,