Orleans to Basel We had started our cycle up the Loire at Nantes with the idea of getting to Orleans and then deciding where to go next. It had been so good, we decided to go ‘ just a bit further, and then we will see’. Well, as you can see from the title, we made it to Switzerland! The Loire cycle route is part of the Eurovelo 6 cycle route, from the Atlantic to the Black Sea and from the Loire valley it follows various canals, the Canal Lateral a Loire, the Central Canal, then a number of rivers (Doubs, Saone) and finally the Rhine/Rhone Canal to Mulhouse. Mulhouse was where we started our first cycle tour, from the Swiss border down the Rhine to Amsterdam, so if we made it to Mulhouse, we would
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