Fine and sunny, 6 to 22 deg
Woke early despite a late night. Went for a walk just as the sun was coming up; a cool 6 deg. The city looks pleasant enough, clean and modern. Took some pics of the Loire, a river we’re going to see a lot of over the next few weeks. Back to the apartment via the supermarket to pick up some supplies for brekky.
We decided to have a break from the bikes today as everything we want to see is fairly close. That said we ended up walking 20km counting the early morning stroll. First and last port of call was the Bretagne Chateau a magnificent 15th century castle like structure a few hundred metres from our apartment. We called in there on the way back just to capture the entrance in the afternoon sunshine. Not far away is St Pauls Cathedral which is looking stunning at the moment after a long restoration program. It sustained significant roof damage in a fire in 2015. It is the finest cathedral I’ve ever seen. We saw a number of great churches during the day, but none hold a candle to St Pauls.
We ended up following a green line on a tourist map, which we discovered was also painted on the footpath; clever. See the photos for details. The “Nantes Machines” the biggest of which was a 50-ton mechanical elephant which walks around carrying passengers. Unfortunately, it was grounded for a service, but we were just in time to see them take the barriers away and test “drive” it. Although it didn’t walk away, they just checked that all the parts moved correctly.
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