Tag: Cycling
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France eBike Day 7: Into Carcassonne
The final riding day — all the way to Carcassonne, and another scorcher predicted. Early start again. We arranged that Norbert would meet us at a patisserie most of the way there and we’d take…
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France eBike Day 6: Toulouse to the Canal du Midi
Another hot day on the canal, with sunflowers and locks along the way. Our snack: the last of the hazelnut sausage we’d picked up at the Auvillar market two days earlier. We reached the point…
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France eBike Day 5: Moissac to Toulouse
Christophe and Jean-Claude laid out a spectacular breakfast in the garden early in the morning — so gracious. Then we set off for Toulouse. It was going to be a very hot day with 76 km…
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France eBike Day 4: Agen to Moissac
Our host Stéphane at the Château des Jacobins arrived very early so we could enjoy breakfast before departing at a civilized hour. Incredibly gracious. Ben also took a moment to photograph our room, which was…
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France eBike Day 3: Château Marith to Agen
Day three was more canal riding, with the occasional village steeple and lock along the way. A small detour took us into Vianne, a medieval village with nearly all of its walls intact. We stopped…
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France eBike Day 2: Les Esseintes to Château Marith
We had an amazing breakfast on the patio and then Kathy and I set off just after Deb and Randy — and immediately forgot our helmets. Fortunately the wind nearly blew my hat off, so…
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France eBike Day 1: Latresne to Les Esseintes
We had seven days of hot but beautiful riding. Much of the route followed the canals: the Canal de Garonne from Bordeaux to Toulouse, and the Canal du Midi from Toulouse to Carcassonne. That gave…
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eBike to Praia da Marinha
eBike out to Praia da Marinha and a return to Pizza Auna, because once was not enough.