RM 1600km - RECONCILIATION.

[BRM 1000 - St Germain]

hi,

I organise 6th june 2020 a RM 1600km : RECONCILIATION.
The start is "Sainte Mere Eglise" in Normandy and the finish line is "Belfort" next Germany

Memory places of European wars from the French revolution to WW2. From the D-Day American paratrooper in Sainte Mère Eglise in the west to the Belfort Lion in the east. We will wander around the D-Day beaches (Pegasus Bridge), the Atlantic Wall, Dieppe, WW1 front line (from the Somme battleground to the Vosges mountain range), the landmarks of the French revolution (Valmy & Varennes) and Struthof concentration camp.

"Les traversées de France" are long distance annual cycling events (“randonnees”) aiming to cross the French countryside following a route linked to a certain historical theme and to discover various points of interest (landscape, architecture, memorial, geographical or gastronomy) on the way. They have a time limit fixed at 200km or 280km (randonneurs mondiaux) per day . We start together or you can alternatively choose your own date of departure

Info : https://www.cyclo-club-montebourg-saint-germain-de-tournebut.com/longue-distance/2020/la-reconciliation

Stéphane

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Unfortunately circumstances got in the way of this one-way calendar brevet but it is also available as a permanent. A French friend recently received her rider pack with maps and frame plaque, prompting some envy on my part.

For the uninitiated, Stephane is an experienced BRM organiser and I have been impressed by the thought that goes into his routing. Several folk here rode his D-day commemorative 1000 BRM a few years ago and the Normandy cider and keepsakes at the finish added to the happy memories.

[BRM 1000 - St Germain]

I report the RM, 5th 2021 at Ste-Mère-Eglise. The web site is in english https://www.cyclo-club-montebourg-saint-germain-de-tournebut.com/longue-distance/2021/la-reconciliation/

And in July 2021, I will organized an other RM 1500km "Normandy Tour". Or 600km "Manche Tour". Or 300km "Cotentin Tour".
The web site in french https://www.cyclo-club-montebourg-saint-germain-de-tournebut.com/longue-distance/2021/le-trio-normand-route-gravel-ou-grimpeur/

[iroiromono]

Thank you for sharing.

 I am very interested in the RM version of La Reconciliation. Hopefully the covid situation will allow for travel to France for it.