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 [...]
Jonathan Ricketts and I started out in Toulouse on the morning of Saturday 30 April 2011 and cycled the 49 km to Port Lauragais where we stayed the night. Sunday’s ride was to Carcassonne but, due to heavy headwinds, we did this leg in reverse. Geoff Cook drove us from Port Lauragais to Carcassonne and [...]
I commenced this ride at 07h30 today. I made good progress on the outbound sector as there were strong winds gusting from my rear. The return journey was a different story. Have a look from the halfway mark onwards how my speed declined and my heart rate increased. I experienced unforecast winds headwinds of 35 [...]
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 [...]
This picture of my dear cousin John was taken and sent to me by Dan Beamish from his Blackberry at 09h30 SAST this morning from the Silvermine, Ou Kaapseweg parking area.
I have cycled odd bits of the Canal du Midi but I am thinking about a serious trip from Toulouse to Sete: aproximately 250 km. I am using this page to save the internet resources that I have found. Canal du Midi in Eight Days – Three Star Hotels Canal du Midi in Seven Days [...]
La Maison de l’Éclusier (“The House of the Lock Keeper”) is another of those Tarn et Garonne culinary delights. It is alongside the Canal du Midi at Montech (82700). Hosts, Hélène and Olivier ROSSI, warmly welcome one. I particularly enjoy sitting on the covered terrasse on a hot windless day looking at the passing barges. [...]
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