France

• Miles cycled: 483
• Feet climbed: 22,748
• Cycling days: 10
• Non-cycling days: 3

Rating (1-10) and comments:

• Road – condition: 6.5
  Varied massively from area to area, some terrible sections though
• Road – shoulders and cycle lanes: 7
  After a few days with no shoulder or cycle lanes we suddenly seemed top find them everywhere
• Road signage: 6.5
  Often confusing with often only main roads and distant large towns indicated and “Toute Directions” used far too often. Smaller junctions are often un-signed. Also many town seems to have put a one way system in place that zig zags you along every street (past every business) so that you end up doing several miles to get across a small town.
• Drivers: 6.5
  Much less patient and a one or two right d***heads
• Campsites – Availability: 8.5
  Particularly along the coast there are a plethora
• Campsites – Facilities/Value: 7
  Usually good facilities but often pricey and designed for mobile homes & caravans
• Hotels: 7
• Shops: 8.5
  Everything you could need and even fairly small supermarkets tend to be open Sunday morning
• Food: 7.5
• People: 8
  Trying to speak a little French makes a big difference
• Cost: 6.5
  Priciest country so far – particularly along the coast
• Scenery: 8
  The Pyrenees, the Med, Provence, Verdon and then the Alps – beautiful
• Cultural interest: 7
  We generally went through more scenic than cultural areas

Overall: 7.3

General tips:

• Learn the basics of French language