wrenne_dangleterre
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Hello,
I'm planning on going from Canterbury to Rome, starting in early-mid August. This will be my first long-distance tour and tour outside of the UK. My plan is to cover the route in twenty cycling stages with a couple days in Rome at the end followed by a return train via Zurich (see below). It would be great to have some company and mutual encouragement for any of the route.
I wonder how challenging the heat will be. I might push my start date back a bit into late August/September, although I unfortunately can't go beyond mid-September owing to work commitments. I had thought about a tent, but am now thinking of bivvying due to the seeming frequency of pilgrim accommodation and the season. I am having all the inevitable gear weight musings and wild camping conundrums.
I would be really interested to hear about camping along the route and any of these stages from anyone who has done it. Is there anything else I might not have thought of in relation to this route?
Very exited!
I'm planning on going from Canterbury to Rome, starting in early-mid August. This will be my first long-distance tour and tour outside of the UK. My plan is to cover the route in twenty cycling stages with a couple days in Rome at the end followed by a return train via Zurich (see below). It would be great to have some company and mutual encouragement for any of the route.
I wonder how challenging the heat will be. I might push my start date back a bit into late August/September, although I unfortunately can't go beyond mid-September owing to work commitments. I had thought about a tent, but am now thinking of bivvying due to the seeming frequency of pilgrim accommodation and the season. I am having all the inevitable gear weight musings and wild camping conundrums.
I would be really interested to hear about camping along the route and any of these stages from anyone who has done it. Is there anything else I might not have thought of in relation to this route?
Very exited!
Day | Leg | Depart | Arrive | Distance (km) | Distance (miles) |
1 | Canterbury - Dover - Calais - Wissant | Canterbury | Wissant | 37 | 23 |
2 | Wissant - Arras | Wissant | Arras | 123 | 76.4 |
3 | Arras - St Quintin - Laon | Arras | Laon | 124 | 77 |
4 | Laon - Reims - Châlons-en-Champagne | Laon | Châlons-en-Champagne | 112 | 69.6 |
5 | Châlons-en-Champagne - Dienville - Bar-sur-Aube | Châlon | Bar-sur-Aube | 101 | 62.7 |
6 | Bar-sur-Aube - Langres | Bar-sur-Aube | Langres | 90 | 55.9 |
7 | Langres - Besançon | Langres | Besançon | 121 | 75 |
8 | Besançon - Pontalier - Lausanne | Besançon | Lausanne | 126 | 78 |
9 | Lausanne - Martigny | Lausanne | Martigny | 72 | 45 |
10 | Martigny - Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard | Martigny | Col du Gran SB | 41 | 25.5 |
11 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard - Aosta - Ivrea | Col du Gran Saint-Bernard | Ivrea | 102 | 63 |
12 | Ivrea - Vercelli - Gropello Cairolli | Ivrea | Gropello Cairolli | 113 | 70 |
13 | Gropello Cairolli - Fidenza | Gropello Cairolli | Fidenza | 130 | 81 |
14 | Fidenza - Pontremoli | Fidenza | Pontremoli | 99 | 61.5 |
15 | Pontremoli - Lucca | Pontremoli | Lucca | 111 | 69 |
16 | Lucca - St Gimignano - Monteriggioni | Lucca | Montegriggioni | 103 | 64 |
17 | Montegriggioni - Siena - St.Quirico D'orcia - Radicofani | Montegriggioni | Radicofani | 99 | 61.5 |
18 | Radicofani - Acquapendente - Bolsena - Montefiascone - Viterbo | Radicofani | Viterbo | 77 | 47.8 |
19 | Viterbo - Rome | Viterbo | Rome | 84 | 52 |
20 | Rome | Rome | Rome | 0 | 0 |