The Big Bike Year

 Mike again... I'm trying to go back and remember all that's happened since the last post... it's been an amazing and unique week. Sooo great! We left you last time in the fairytale land of the Doubs river, in the magical kingdom of Besançon. The following day we headed out early and immediately found ourselves back on the Doubs river path amidst breathtaking scenery. After 15k we came to a tunnel for the canal (mostly the river and some locks around the occasional weir). The tunnel also had an ancient cycle/walking path next to it. Not keen to ride through (it was crazy and we would have had to carry or bikes and panniers separately over the slippery muddy stairs), we went over the hill. It's amazing the engineering they used to build these waterways. Later after finding a boulangerie and grabbing some bread for lunch we booked ourselves a cute little house about 20k down the path, and headed via a "petit casino" (mini supermarket) to our stop... and wow, it ...