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Today the promised rain did not appear!! So after we had a nice lunch of pizza and coke light ;-) we jumped on our bikes and head North on the Canal du Midi.
This canal was built some time in the 1600's and you can go all the way to the Mediterranean on it. The canal made trade easy throughout France and really caused a boom in commerce. It was 200 years old before it was made "Old School" by the railroad which was faster and didn't require barges to be towed everywhere. Now the old tow paths have been turned into bike paths and it is pretty cool to ride along.
We rode to the town of Fenouillt which is about 11 miles from our place in Toulouse. Everyone rides bikes here but apparently only for short distances.
This is despite the fact that it is "Burke Gilman Trail" FLAT here. Maybe flatter, water even in canals, does not do hills well at all ;-).
Despite this flatness not many people take to riding very far so when we started asking directions (yes we should have brought the GPS with us, we forgot to charge it from last time) people would look at us like, "You rode ALL the way from Toulouse??? And Now you want to ride back???"
Well it was a lovely ride and we had a fabulous time. However all this flat riding got us to thinking.....How are we going to be able to ride in Seattle after no hills for three months??? I guess we could head for the Pyrenees.
We will definitely need the GPS for that!
flat is fun ! unless it's your tyre (that's brit for tire)
ReplyDeleteg and i did th skagit classic, 62 miles today. and now we are exhausted.
in frants, only the peloton dudes ride for miles for no reason, you must get your head examined.
oooh the Skagit classic that does sound like fun!
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