This morning we enjoyed the company of a couple of English cyclists along with another six French walkers who were all staying at the same chambre d'hote and we spent breakfast altogether at the one long table. the weather forecast had been appalling for Friday and Saturday but the only rain we had was during Friday night much to our relief. We set off along the canal and took photos of the picturesque village we had stayed at. The path deteriorated so we headed for the big road. it was quite nice to be in the open countryside again and in the country areas the roads are full of the machines harvesting the grapes. Met a nice young belgian couple who were cycling at a viaduct at Beziers and we took each others photos. We stopped for lunch at a shaded bench at a lock along the canal and low and behold the next bench screened by the trees were the English couple we had sat next to at breakfast. Our final lunch finished, we set off to the Med! We arrived at the Mediterranean about 3.30 pm and took some photos. We then went to book into our hotel which we had reserved two days ago only tobe told that there was no reservation!!! What an anticlimax. We then cycled back into Agde city and luckily the tourist information was open. We then managed to get a very nice little city hotel near the station which will be very handy for us tomorrow as we set off to visit our friends, Graham and Yvonne Paddy at Aigue Morts for a couple of days relaxation and sorting out our return journey.
The journey is over and we have both enjoyed the experience enormously including grazed knees, bruised legs and weak wrists. We've done a lot of cycling but we have also done a lot of laughing. The blog has been good fun for us to do and to have all the comments you have made has kept us amused whilst we travelled along.
Distance: 74.0k TOTAL DISTANCE: 1196.4K
Till the next time..............!
Congratulations! A great achievement! Doesn't seem to have taken that long - you must have done more kms per day than expected. I would never have been able to keep up with you youngsters.Tour de France next year! Enjoy the rest of your stay in France
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Well done! Total admiration from us! We stayed in a hamlet just outside Beziers summer last year. We have just returned from a very wet week in north Wales.
ReplyDeleteWell done UB and AS. Double quick time as Terry says. Katy sends her congratulations. She got some paniers for her birthday so she might join you next time. What am I going to do with myself now that I won't be able to check your blog everyday?
ReplyDeleteWe really enjoyed this Billie and Shirley. Thank you for sharing it, and many congratulations! We'd love to know how you get back home to the UK with the bikes - by rail, back through St Malo? Do post a finale! Jeremy and Vivian
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations on achieving this! An inspirational undertaking
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ReplyDeleteYou made it - in almost one piece.
Shame about the lack of shopping, you could have always posted it hom.
Will miss the daily updates suring coffee/quiet times.
Well done - now you can come back to work - pretty please xxxxxxxxxxxxxx