OMG - today was the day that could end touring by bike!!!! We left Carcasonne full of enthusiasm for the ride to David  & Sundara's - friends of ours that be helpx'ed for in 2011. He was hard to work out the exact distance with the map but I figured is was around 54km's. We'll this is not a bike path this is a rutted, bumpy, skinny goat track!!! It took ages, bump, bump, bang, argh that hurt the butt, no room for riders to pass each other, som...

We woke to a cloudy day and I did say to Rod I feel like just wandering along today at no great pace. We had breakfast at the market - it was a huge and great market, we bought food for a picnic along the way. Only 42km's today - we know its a rough track to Carcasonne so it will be slow. We started off slowly and still we passed a few cyclists on the track struggling along with their skinny wheels, yipeee for our 29er's we said they just roll over the...

We headed off this morning thinking our ride would be a walk in the park..... It turned out to be a tougher day than expected and a few more km's too. It ended up 59km's, the Canal du Midi is a bit confusing at times and no signage!! Seems weird as it is a lot busier with all a cyclist out of Toulouse. Our stay at Lidotel, a weird looking place was great, The shower was like a capsule with the toilet in there too, everytime Rod went in he said he was ...

Yesterday after an afternoon sleep I was thinking no way can I cycle 65km's to Toulouse, well we blew that out of the water and hit Toulouse and cycled straight around and out the other side to a small place to stay the night. Its one of those overnight mini hotel types and its so clean, they stored our bikes and the security is amazing. The ride today although long seemed to flow. We begun our day at the market in Moissac, a great little market with loads of...

We woke to thunderstorms and rain after a good nights sleep. A very slow start was planned today as only a 30km ride. Check out wasnt until 11am so lots of time to watch the rain and listen to the thunder. The lower level of the Chateau was flooded so the family was in a panice trying to dry up the water. We left before 11am as the weather looked like it was breaking and hit the local boulangerie for a cheap breakfast, then off we went in the drizzle. It was...