Canal de Garonne cycle tour pictures: September 2011
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Canal du Garonne: accommodation, hôtels, guests houses
On my first night I stayed at the Hôtel all seasons Bordeaux Saint Jean which is 200 metres away from Bordeaux Saint Jean SNCF Gare (Train Station). It was previously called the Kyriad. On the second night, at La Réole, I stayed at a wonderful guest house called Les Galantes where owners Fréderique et Jean [...]
Cycling the Canal de Garonne from Bordeaux to Toulouse
Hill cycling certainly has its ups and down but so too does canal cycling. The one of the few ‘downs’ of canal cycling is that you have to pedal continuously to keep up – no downhills for one to make a ones average speed whilst having a breather. Both hill cycling and canal cycling are [...]
Voie Verte: Ramonville – Toulouse – Ramonville
Today is truly the first day of spring. It is 16C. I drove to Toulouse – to spend some money at IKEA – and then I headed in the car about 12 km south of Toulouse to Ramonville-St-Agne. From Ramonville-St-Agne I cycled along the Canal du Midi into Toulouse at the start of the Canal [...]
