This is the must-do ride every single time you come to Beaune. First-off you dress yourself up on your finest riding clobber, then you get your bikes out and off you toddle.
Head down to the Parc de la Bouzaize and there find the instructions on how to proceed. Out along a suburban street and thence onto the voie verte through the vineyards. You know the drill. First town Pommard. Second town Volnay. Gorgeous. Never tire of them.
Next town Meursault. This is where really grouse white wine comes from, your Meursault. It’s here that you take a coffee break. Along with all the other punters on bikes - electric assist, most of them.
There are a couple of deviations from the route these days, the most annoying was a bypass to the village of Puligny Montrachet. We didn’t really want lunch there, but it would have been good to press one's nose against the restaurant window pane …. In any event we were only right on time for our booking at Le Terroir in Santenay, so it worked out well.
Here’s DJ’s fishy dish.
Back on the bikes, along the canal and train back to Beaune completed the day.
Toodles
Please try not to mention electric bikes again. It just reminds Ewan that he purchased one for me some time ago and so far I've only made it to the end of the street and back. Graz and I have yet to head off on our matching electric bikes for a substantial trip....but one day we will!
ReplyDelete( Although Ewan did ask me if I wanted an electric bike and I said "No!" and he went and bought me one anyway. No comment about that!)