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Voie Verte: “Chemin des droits de l’homme”: Albi – Castres to Albi

Voie Verte: “Chemin des droits de l’homme”: Albi – Castres to Albi

This ride was a logical ‘next one’ for me.  I really have no problem doing my local 46 km ride.  The mental exercise is more taxing than the physical exercise.  The Canal du Midi trip over five days between 29 April and 5 May entails 50 km ‘straight and level’ cycling per day.  (Day three [...]

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An introduction to the Midi-Pyrénées region

Unlike many regions of France Midi-Pyrénées is not a historic province. It is actually a 20th century invention, created as a result of the “regionalisation” process that took place in the 1970s. Like the Pays de la Loire region further north, Midi-Pyrénées was established in order to create a region around a regional metropolis, in [...]

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Photo Gallery of Albi, France

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