CANAL DE GARONNE 🌳 100km Of Scenic, Green, Traffic-Free Cycling

Day 56. 98km (86306kms 8yrs)

It had been cold overnight; the tent, the long grass, the grape vines, everything was under a heavy dew. The hazy sun was insufficient to dry things so I packed away a wet tent resolving to maybe air it out during the day.

After a couple of small climbs I arrived at the village of Le Réole on the Canal Du Midi which would connect me with Toulouse 200km away. So for the 80 remaining kilometres that day I rode beside the canal on a solid track, sometimes a bit bumpy with tree roots, but otherwise of excellent quality. The towpath was busy with families of cyclists, MAMILs, and biketourers, the latter mostly in pairs. On the water a couple of kayakers and pleasure boats, but all the canal boats I saw were moored up.

Luckily I’d started the day with a bit of food in my panniers as any supermarket or bakery shopping would require a diversion into a town. Instead I enjoyed sunny picnics from the pannier beside the locks. I dried my socks and shoes (but not the tent) in the sun and contemplated how nice it is to not have a proper job.

I arrived into Agen then, tired but early so got my internet stuff done before proceeding to host Thomas and Adéle’s place. Something about my appearance horrified their baby into quite a fit but she calmed down rather after I’d had a shower 😆

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