On July 3rd 2022 I set off from The Hook of Holland in The Netherlands, turned right and pedalled off in the direction of France. It was an anti-clockwise tour of the continent; the EuroVelo 12 along the Belgian coast, the EuroVelo 4 to Dieppe, L’Avenue Verte to Paris, La Véloscénie to Mont St Michel before rejoining the EuroVelo 4 to Morlaix, the EuroVelo 1 / Vélodyssée to Royan, the Canal de la Garonne to Toulouse, the Canal du Midi to Sète, the EuroVelo 17 beside the Rhône to Andermatt in Switzerland and finally the EuroVelo 15 / Rhine Cycle Route back to The Hook of Holland and the return ferry to Hull on September 3rd.
The film comes in four parts and this is part 1 of that film that tells the story of the cycle from The Hook of Holland to Morlaix in Brittany.
Filmed entirely on location in Yorkshire, England, The Netherlands, Belgium and France, the audio extracts are taken from episodes of The Cycling Europe Podcast and the music is written and performed by Rob Ainsley.
More details about the journey and the podcasts can be found at CyclingEurope.org/LeGrandTour
17 Comments
What a beautiful tour friend! I had never seen this type of tour before 😇 I'm also searching this type of area in Schwyz, Switzerland 😀
Thoroughly enjoyable episode with a nice mixture of narration,caption and music. The drone shots certainly make a difference. Looking forward to the next episodes.
Excellent, thank you.
I really enjoyed watching the start of your tour, it was good to see the places you’d talked about in your podcast come to life. The film was really well put together, and I’m looking forward to seeing the next one. Thank you.
A wonderful video. Beautifully filmed. Longing for summer to arrive so that I can get to France.
What a fantastic video, I can't wait for the next one! I have cycled most of these routes in recent years and did a similar "Tour de France" not long ago. It is wonderful to see many of these places again. The photography is so creative and the music is great. Thanks for posting this! It's making me really look forward to heading off on another tour in the spring.
I wonder if the beach you mentioned where aviators were evacuated from, was that where they were trying to get the British airmen to in Allo Allo
Oh bother. I thought it was Thursday for a moment and we'd be able to watch part 2. I'll have to come back for the premier tomorrow and remember to set a diary reminder for the rest!
Hi Andrew, planning on catching up on these first two this week and hope to make premier for #3 in few days time. Very much looking forward to this 🙂 Hope youre well and have a great xmas
Mat Harriet and Flic
Yes, Vlissingen is more modern than Middelburg. That is the heritage of WW2. Vlissingen was heavily bombarded during the battle of the Schelde (transport too Antwerpen) and Middelburg was not. 👍🚴♀️🇳🇱
Very nice and enjoyed the beautiful guitar music.
This was a great video to watch . I didn’t know about Avenue Vert, I have done the classic route from London to Paris 20 years ago. Love the scenery and the style of your video. I’m surprised you don’t have more views. Inspirational!
Lovely scenery, love your distain for e-cyclists
What an amazing video this is. I've seen a lot video's this week, but I never have seen this kind of quality level, both in picture as in the shots taken. I wonder how and with which gear you took the shots and also being able to have very stable shots during biking. This is to me outstanding and a pleasure to look at! I enjoy every minute of it. Thanks for making this public. I hope to ride in France to within a couple of years. With seeing this movie I can hardly wait to start.
I've not toured in France since 2016…. I want to go back now. Great video
Beautyful video. Inspiring. 👍🚴♂️
I love your bike, can you tell me about how you like it? Did you buy direct from Koga ?