EuroVelo

An ambitious project is underway to connect the European continent with a network of cycling paths. From the European Cyclists' Federation website:

EuroVelo, the European cycle route network, is a project of the European Cyclists' Federation to develop 12 long-distance cycle routes crossing the whole continent of Europe. The total length of these routes is over 60,000 km, of which more than 20,000 km is in place.

Exciting! For this year I'm concentrating on the western part of route #6, which also has its own website. The site is still in its infancy, and provides more hype about the route than concrete information. Heck, there isn't even a detailed description or map! So yesterday I bought some generic maps and got a feeling for the route based on the sketchy (literally sketchy) details on the site. This should get me from Basel to Orléans, after which the Loire-Radweg guidebook will take me the rest of the way to the Atlantic coast. I've also put together a Google Bike Map of the intended route.

My departure is in three weeks on June 1st. It's almost time!