ANCENIS and ANGERS

FRIDAY, 24th MAY, 2019

Having changed our minds about visiting Angers which is now about 50kms behind us, and as riding back there is not an option, this morning we rode the 4kms from Lire across the Loire to Ancenis,

where there is a railway station.  We booked accommodation for two nights and after leaving our bags in our room and locking the bikes in the basement behind the hotel, we were about to walk to the station when the hotel manager very kindly offered to drive us there.
It was a 22 minute train ride into Angers, the capital of Anjou which sits beside the River Maine, 8kms above its confluence with the Loire, and the main reason for our visit was to see the Apocalypse Tapestry.  This stretches for over 80 metres, depicts the story of the Revelation of St John, and is on display in a purpose built gallery in the well preserved medieval castle which has 600 metres of surrounding walls with 17 bastions and saw action during the Hundred Years' War (1347-1453) when Anjou was fought over by the English and French.

After our tour of the chateau, we enjoyed strolling through the town,

had a sit-down late snack lunch while resting our weary old legs before heading back to the station for the return journey to Ancenis and a refreshing cold beer at our 'local'.