It's like this, see. Couple of years ago when Becky went to Duck school, her teacher taught at her home, alongside the Canal Lateral. It's been her dream ever since to ride her bike on those beautiful, tree-lined tow-paths. So, we're doing it.
First you get a bike. Airlines need to cover every expense these days to help pay the gas bill so packing up and taking our own bikes would cost $300 each. Instead we went to French sporting goods chain "Decathalon" and bought 2 Canal bikes for $250 euros Total. Perfect for dead flat canals. We had to get a better bike seat for Becky - once that was perfected we are now up to 90 minutes a day! We'll leave them for the 2 Canadians who will be taking over the Gite when we leave
We stash them inside the Berlingo - all the back seats fold up - and drive to the furthest spot traveled the day before. We had a first ride into Agen to see the famous Canal bridge over the Garonne River - that would be our real start - then we could make our way west towards Bordaux and see how far the good tow path goes.
We're not into exploring - when the tow path disappears - we've done it, Dude. We take the Garmin with us to GPS the most distant stop - so we can find it again. Yesterday we were sure "It's just around this corner....." and spent 45 minutes exploring farmland around Buzet before we got back to that landmark.
It's harvest time for the wheat crop and the combine harvesters are working until 10:00 pm - when it's not raining or the crop isn;t too wet. And we're curious to see how they're going to get some of the hillsides cleared - there are some pretty steep fields of wheat waiting for some brave soul to tackle them.
This one's not so steep but it's a "Bio" field - organic. So, a little weedy - how's that working out for you, organismos?
Is that a folding chair with the bikes?
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