Why this ride
Out of Mouy, one way: 523 km, roughly 10 h 48 in the saddle. The stops in between: near Sérifontaine, near Évreux, Ingré and Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Loire Castle Edge Tour · short arc
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 523 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 48
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Loire Castle Edge Tour fuel gate → Loire Castle Edge Tour high point
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 66 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 66 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop in Mouy
Planning note
Loire Castle Edge Tour is where the day begins. Next is High point near Sérifontaine.
2. High point near Sérifontaine
Planning note
High point near Sérifontaine comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Évreux.
3. Food stop near Évreux
Évreux is the capital of the Eure department in Normandy, a medium-sized city on the river Iton about an hour and a half west of Paris. It has had a turbulent history, sacked by Vikings, burned during the Hundred Years' War and heavily bombed in 1940 and 1944, but it has kept a fine Gothic cathedral, Notre-Dame d'Évreux, whose stained glass is among the best in Normandy. The former bishop's palace beside it now houses the city museum, with Gallo-Roman finds from the area.
Read the complete Food stop near Évreux write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
A break here. Next is Paris / Île-de-France escapes return.
4. Near Ingré, on the way back
North of Orléans the Beauce begins, the great wheat plain of France, flat as a table and sown to the horizon. This stop lies on its southern edge, between Ormes, Bricy and Ingré, where the plain meets the suburbs of Orléans and the military air base at Bricy, home to the French air force's transport aircraft. You may see the big grey A400Ms lumbering overhead.
Read the complete Near Ingré, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Paris / Île-de-France escapes return, about halfway. Next is Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine.
5. Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine
Planning note
Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine sits at 418 km, late in the day. Next is Photo stop near Sergines.
6. Photo stop near Sergines
Sergines is a quiet village in the north of the Yonne department, on the chalk plateau between the Seine and the Yonne, roughly where Burgundy shades into Champagne. The landscape is wide and open, with huge fields of wheat, barley, sugar beet and rapeseed stretching to the horizon, broken only by clumps of trees, church spires and the occasional water tower.
Read the complete Photo stop near Sergines write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 523 km.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop in Mouy to High point near Sérifontaine
Fuel stop in Mouy → High point near Sérifontaine is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Sérifontaine to Food stop near Évreux
High point near Sérifontaine → Food stop near Évreux is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Évreux to Near Ingré, on the way back
Food stop near Évreux → Near Ingré, on the way back is 202 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine to Photo stop near Sergines
Scenic stretch near La Chapelle-la-Reine → Photo stop near Sergines is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.