Cycle Touring in France: Josselin

Today we had only around 25km to travel so started the day drinking tea and coffee in Malestroit until around 10am and then cycled as slow as possible in order not to get to Josselin too soon. The rain helped as we sheltered under trees at the least sign of a shower. Our route was by the canal and river L'Oust all the way and we stopped off at Le Roc St Andre to look at the church. We have seen the insides of quite a few now, but there are still surprises. This one looked very gothic and had some excellent stained glass windows.

It was around midday when we left so we had lunch by the canal.

Our first sight of Josselin was quite impressive as there is a castle close to the canal. After checking in we walked all around the old part of town and climbed the bell tower to view the castle from above. There were quite a few day-trippers in town and we heard a lot of English voices. We had a glass of wine in a bar and caught up on the latest Tour de France news. Cadel Evans had made a break today and moved up into 2nd place. Let's see how he goes in the mountains.