Another warm day greeted us as we left the rather scruffy town of St Jory and crossed the railway onto the canal. As we turned north onto the very smooth cycle path, the brisk wind seemed to stop🤔. We realised that it was unusually right behind us, pushing us home😁😁
We hardly needed any battery help as we wizzed along on the near empty, straight path.
We cycled for an hour and then headed into the town of Grissolles for a coffee. There we met an English couple who had shipped their bikes from their home in Australia and were travelling from Nantes to Girona, in Spain. We had so much in common and shared our experiences for their route ahead. They were envious of our e-bikes as they’d been pushing hard against the strong wind, the same wind that we were enjoying!
We had a pre arranged rendezvous at Bistro Constant, a restaurant we have often enjoyed in Montech.
Trude and Rob have been house sitting and looking after our dogs for the last 19 days, so they brought the dogs to greet us and then join us for the penultimate leg to Moissac!
In front of the « Pente d’eau » A 500 m concrete ramp that these 2 locomotives would pull boats up the canal in a plug of water! It didn’t work very well, so is now a museum!
Rob and Trude relieved us of our luggage so we could fit Huxley’s basket on the bike rack.
Lucky Huxley, but poor Dizzy who had to run the 20 kms to Moissac! Fortunately the canal had easy access for her to keep getting refreshed!
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Finally after being away from Borde Neuve for just over 2 years, our faithful and reliable bikes brought us back home having travelled 6,253 kms through 9 countries.
It’s all over; so a big thanks to Rob & Trude, Mum & Dad and Tim and Laura who have all looked after the house and dogs over the last 2 years, while we’ve spent about 100 days pedalling around Europe in 5 stages.
Also a big thanks to Manfred, in Baveria, Gabor in Hungary, Denis and Ger in Slovenia and Valerio in Italy who have looked after our bikes in the meantime.
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The End!!
Euro Vélo Route 6 