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Insurance

Travel insurance policies usually cover you when cycle touring, but they do not normally cover damage to, or theft of, your bicycle. If you have a household contents policy, this may cover cycle theft, but limits may be less than the real cost of your cycle. Cycle Touring Club (CTC) offer a policy tailored to the needs of cycle tourists (www.ctc.org.uk).

About this guide

Text and maps

There are 26 stages, each covered by maps drawn to a scale of approximately 1:150,000. These maps have been produced specially for this guide and when combined with the detailed stage descriptions it is possible to follow the route without the expense or weight of carrying a large number of other maps, particularly after Nevers where signposting and waymarking is excellent. Beware, however, as the route described here does not always exactly follow the waymarked route. GPX files are freely available to anyone who has bought this guide on Cicerone’s website at www.cicerone.co.uk/842/gpx

Gradient profiles are provided for Stages 1–6, the hillier part of the route. After Roanne there are few hills and except for an alternative route that goes uphill to Sancerre (Stage 12) no ascents of over 50m are encountered.