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Cycle Lanes to Morchêne

An easy Monday-morning loop south of the Loire from Orléans, on bike lanes and flat farm roads through Saint-Denis-en-Val and Saint-Cyr-en-Val to the Château de Morchêne and back. Read the ride.

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Cycle Lanes to Morchêne

Painted cycle-lane symbol and bike traffic light on Rue Royale, Orléans, beside its arcades and tram lines

Bike lane down Rue Royale

A cycle path between ploughed fields and green verges at Saint-Denis-en-Val

Cycle path through the fields

A cracked country lane past an open-sided farm shed at Saint-Denis-en-Val

Past a farm shed

A wheeled irrigation rig parked over a ploughed field beside Rue de Ligny, Saint-Cyr-en-Val

Irrigation rig on Rue de Ligny

The church of Saint-Sulpice and its spire above a junction in Saint-Cyr-en-Val

Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Cyr-en-Val

The brick-and-stone Château de Morchêne in its park at Saint-Cyr-en-Val

The Château de Morchêne

The way to the château

Bare trees hung with clumps of mistletoe beside Rue de Gautray, Saint-Cyr-en-Val

Mistletoe in the bare trees

A green-painted cycle crossing and bike traffic light on Route de Sandillon, Saint-Jean-le-Blanc

Green lanes at the lights

The equestrian statue of Joan of Arc in Place du Martroi, Orléans, under a grey sky

Joan of Arc, Place du Martroi

Orléans Cathedral at the end of Rue Jeanne d’Arc, with a tram, a cyclist and French and blue-and-yellow flags

Sainte-Croix down Rue Jeanne d’Arc

Cycle Lanes to Morchêne

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