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Just including this for completeness. There are not bad cycle routes from the ferry port to the railway station (and thence city centre).



However, sadly typically of UK (and in fairness many other place) very poorly signposted and therefore very early to go in the wrong direction.



The little detour near

A short loop through Caen, managing to pick off some of the impressive older parts as well as the pretty nice newer parts.



Easy and low-stress to cycle through the city.



from the station (near my Point A), one could just follow the Orne and take the Voie Verte (Greenway) all the way to Ouistreham.



I

This was longer, and a bit hillier than I'd been expecting.



However the climbing all came in the first 20K or so, and thereafter the very good quality Voie Verte de Suisse Normande (aka Le Francette?) was a very smooth, level run to Caen.



Caen itself is very much vast le detour, very easy to cycle round

The most challenging day of the short tour statistically but also among the most enjoyable.



There is a reasonably 'Big Climb' out of Le Cuve after an already hilly first 20K or so through lovely quiet lanes from Avranches.



Leading Le Cuve there is more or less continuous ascent for 6 - 7 K, but rarely

coming by train from Rennes to Dol-de-Bretagne, I'd found a useful if somewhat soulless camping (Huttopia) outside Baguer-Pican.



The main upside was they had reasonably priced emplacements on a nightly basis (some places have 2-night or even longer minimum stay).



Main downside is on a nasty D road, and

Leaving the EV1 behind, and heading broadly NE for the next few days to go into Normandy and reach Caen for the ferry home.



At the start of the day, I didn't really know what was next, the weather had got noticeably cooler and my spirits were somewhat low.



Heading towards the transport hub of Rennes seemed

EV1 from Mur de Bretagne to Josselin. coffee-stop in Pontivy.



Went 'off-piste' after Pontivy, going more or less straight-line to Rohan. This is slower than the canal, even if shorter, due to the extra climbing. However if you enjoy quiet lanes more than canal tow-path, maybe it will be to your taste!

I went 'off piste' from EV1, initially due to some 'Route Barée' sections (black mark for the EV1 is the deviations were not signposted, though not hard to see the intended route on large-scale map or GPS). The first deviations brought me to the Plat du Jour place at Le Moustoir and thence by the quiet

Missed about the first 20 K of this ride as my GPS ran out of juice. The ride from Morlaix to Carhaix has an unusual profile, rising very gently for about 15 K and then descending very gently for about another 15K.



(For some reason Komoot is not letting me make any Highlights, so adding some comments below...)

Having extra time on the first proper day of the tour, I took the EV1 VeloIdysee route from Roscoff to Morlaix with side-trips to Roscoff itself and to the beautiful seaside port of Carantec. The sun shone all day and it was a glorious ride.