23 Jun, 2012 | Canal de Montech à Montauban, Canal lateral a la Garonne, France
Looking back towards Montech as we started up the canal towards Montauban, beautiful day, bumpy cycle track. One of the locks had its gate off for repairs and then wouldn’t go but some helpful workmen fixed it promptly. Coming out of Moissac in the sunshine....
11 Feb, 2012 | Canal lateral a la Garonne, France
Lady Mary is going exactly nowhere until the ice melts. Thanks for the photo Christine, stay warm.
5 Aug, 2011 | Canal du Midi, Canal lateral a la Garonne, France
Simon and I arrived back in Toulouse with Simon Uprichard and Hugo after a wonderful wedding in Northern Ireland. We explored Toulouse and decided not to venture on to the Garonne river. We picked up Kassie from the train station in Toulouse and headed off the next...
18 Jul, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne, France
We probably should be lighting candles for St. Catherine, patron saint of sailors and waterways and all who use them. It has been pouring with rain and we are glad for a little break in the sky to make our way to Moissac. Sara is transforming into a black madonna, or...
3 Jul, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne, France, La Garrone
We are in Bordeaux, well a little outside Bordeaux in an industrial basin overlooked by what looks like a nuclear power plant but is probably petro-chemical. It is about a 40min. cycle ride into the city which is incredibly beautiful. Lots of museums and art...
30 Jul, 2010 | Canal du Midi, France
It seems very strange to be writing our last message for this year from Northern Ireland where it is a lot cooler and damper. Our last few days were spent traveling to Toulouse with Lydia. There was a fantastic cycling path so Lydia and Siobhan and I had a great time...
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